jocund

  • 91Twirled — Twirl Twirl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 92Twirling — Twirl Twirl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 93Vivacious — Vi*va cious (?; 277), a. [L. v[ i]vax, acis, fr. vivere to live. See {Vivid}.] 1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long lived. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 94Vivaciously — Vivacious Vi*va cious (?; 277), a. [L. v[ i]vax, acis, fr. vivere to live. See {Vivid}.] 1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long lived. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 95Vivaciousness — Vivacious Vi*va cious (?; 277), a. [L. v[ i]vax, acis, fr. vivere to live. See {Vivid}.] 1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long lived. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 96jocular — adjective Etymology: Latin jocularis, from joculus, diminutive of jocus Date: 1626 1. given to jesting ; habitually jolly or jocund 2. characterized by jesting ; playful Synonyms: see witty • jocularity noun • jocular …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 97jocundity — noun see jocund …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 98jocundly — adverb see jocund …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 99Mona Lisa — This article is about the painting. For other uses, see Mona Lisa (disambiguation). Mona Lisa Italian: La Gioconda, French: La Joconde …

    Wikipedia

  • 100Tawny Owl — ] Adaptations to night vision include the large size of the eye, its tubular shape, large numbers of closely packed retinal rods, and an absence of cone cells, since colour vision is unnecessary at night. There are few coloured oil drops, which… …

    Wikipedia