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  <Lexicon id="oewn" label="Open English Wordnet" language="en" email="english-wordnet@googlegroups.com" license="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" version="2024" url="https://github.com/globalwordnet/english-wordnet">
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-gay-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="gay" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-gay-a-01370567-s" synset="oewn-01370567-s" dc:identifier="gay%5:00:02:joyous:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-jocund-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="jocund" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation variety="GB">ˈdʒɒkənd</Pronunciation>
        <Pronunciation variety="US">ˈdʒɑkənd</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-jocund-a-01370567-s" synset="oewn-01370567-s" dc:identifier="jocund%5:00:00:joyous:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-jocundity-n-07545071-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-jolly-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="jolly" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation variety="GB">ˈdʒɒli</Pronunciation>
        <Pronunciation variety="US">ˈdʒɑli</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Form writtenForm="jollier"/>
      <Form writtenForm="jolliest"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-jolly-a-01370567-s" synset="oewn-01370567-s" dc:identifier="jolly%5:00:00:joyous:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-jolly-n-07464943-n"/>
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-jolliness-n-07567356-n"/>
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-jollity-n-07567356-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-jovial-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="jovial" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation variety="GB">ˈdʒəʊ.vɪ.əl</Pronunciation>
        <Pronunciation variety="US">ˈdʒoʊ.vɪ.əl</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-jovial-a-01370567-s" synset="oewn-01370567-s" dc:identifier="jovial%5:00:00:joyous:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-joviality-n-07567356-n"/>
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-joviality-n-04660714-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-merry-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="merry" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Form writtenForm="merrier"/>
      <Form writtenForm="merriest"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-merry-a-01370567-s" synset="oewn-01370567-s" dc:identifier="merry%5:00:02:joyous:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-merriness-n-04656408-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-mirthful-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="mirthful" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-mirthful-a-01370567-s" synset="oewn-01370567-s" dc:identifier="mirthful%5:00:00:joyous:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-mirthfulness-n-07544765-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <Synset id="oewn-01370567-s" ili="i7451" partOfSpeech="s" members="oewn-gay-a oewn-jocund-a oewn-jolly-a oewn-jovial-a oewn-merry-a oewn-mirthful-a" lexfile="adj.all">
      <Definition language="en">full of or showing high-spirited merriment</Definition>
      <SynsetRelation relType="similar" target="oewn-01369634-a"/>
      <Example language="en">when hearts were young and gay</Example>
      <Example language="en" dc:source="Wordsworth">a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company</Example>
      <Example language="en">the jolly crowd at the reunion</Example>
      <Example language="en">jolly old Saint Nick</Example>
      <Example language="en">a jovial old gentleman</Example>
      <Example language="en">have a merry Christmas</Example>
      <Example language="en">peals of merry laughter</Example>
      <Example language="en">a mirthful laugh</Example>
    </Synset>
  </Lexicon>
</LexicalResource>