adjective
- Full of or showing high-spirited merriment.
- usage: "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
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