Obs. Also 7 jocondrie. [f. JOCUND a. + -RY: cf. pleasantry.] a. Jocund action or behavior, merriment. b. Jocund disposition, cheerfulness.
1634. Milton, Corrections of Comus, Wks. 1738, I. 8. And favour our close Jocondrie, Till all thy Dues bee done, and nought left out.
1655. trans. Mdme. Scuderi’s Artamenes, IV. VIII. II. 111. No person upon Earth had a sweeter Jocundry of mind then she.
1670. E. R., Ne Plus Ultra, 39. By way of jocundry.
