Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Jocund

Jocund

[Latin jocundus, jucundus, orig., helpful, from juvare to help. See Aid.]

Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. — Shakespeare
Rural sports and jocund strains. — Prior

Jocund , adverb

Merrily; cheerfully. — Gray