• adj.
    ⦿full of or showing high-spirited merriment
    lexical concept
  • a jovial old gentleman
  • a mirthful laugh
  • a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company
  • have a merry Christmas
  • jolly old Saint Nick
  • peals of merry laughter
  • the jolly crowd at the reunion
  • when hearts were young and gay

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechadjective satellite
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:gay
  2. enl:jocund
  3. enl:jolly
  4. enl:jovial
  5. enl:merry
  6. enl:mirthful
wn:interlingual indexili:i7451

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • jocundjollyjovial
  • gayjocundjollyjovialmerrymirthful