See Also: ideograph(medicine)
ideograph(dictionary)

jocund (iou) and ideograph (iou)


jocund (iou)



jocund adjective. Now only literary. LME.
[Old French jocond, jocund from Latin jocundus late var. of jucundus pleasant, agreeable (from juvare to help, to delight) by assoc. with jocus JOKE noun.]
Feeling or expressing cheerfulness; mirthful, merry, light-hearted; pleasant, cheering, delightful.
H. Wouk A jocund crowd poured into the canopied entrance for the wedding brunch.
jocundly adverb LME.

ideograph (iou)



ideograph noun. M19.
[from IDEO- + -GRAPH.]
A character symbolizing the idea of a thing without expressing the sequence of sounds in its name, as a numeral, any of various Chinese characters, etc.
ideo'graphic adjective of the Nature of an ideograph; pertaining to or composed of ideographs: E19.
ideo'graphical adjective ideographic M19.
ideo'graphically adverb E19.