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Blithe vs Jocund - What's the difference?

blithe | jocund |

As adjectives the difference between blithe and jocund

is that blithe is dated or literary Happy, cheerful while jocund is jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.

blithe

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (dated or literary) Happy, cheerful.
  • Indifferent, careless, showing a lack of concern.
    • She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.

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    jocund

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
  • * (rfdate), Thomas Shelton, translator, Don Quixote , Miguel de Cervantes
    • There was once a widow, fair, young, free, rich, and withal very pleasant and jocund , that fell in love with a certain round and well-set servant of a college.
  • * (rfdate), William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    • Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
  • * (rfdate) William Wordsworth
    • a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company

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