Jocund vs Light-hearted - What's the difference?
jocund | light-hearted | Related terms |
Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
* (rfdate), Thomas Shelton, translator, Don Quixote , Miguel de Cervantes
* (rfdate), William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
* (rfdate) William Wordsworth
Jocund is a related term of light-hearted.
As adjectives the difference between jocund and light-hearted
is that jocund is jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness while light-hearted is .jocund
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
- Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
- a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company