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joyance

noun
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪəns/

Etymology

Apparently coined by Edmund Spenser, from joy + -ance.

  1. derived from jöir
  2. inherited from joyen
  3. derived from gaudium
  4. derived from gaudia
  5. derived from joie
  6. inherited from joye
  7. suffixed as joyance — “joy + ance”

Definitions

  1. Enjoyment, joy, delight.

    • So dreadfully he towardes him did pas, / Forelifting vp a loft his ſpeckled breſt, / And often bounding on the bruſed gras, / As for great ioyaunce of his newcome gueſt.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA