joyancy

noun

Etymology

From joy + -ancy.

  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 joyancy — “joy + ancy

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of joyance (“joy, enjoyment”).

    • One heard too, often enough, that in Irving there was visible a certain joyancy and frankness of triumph[.]

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