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joyhood

noun

Etymology

From joy + -hood.

  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 joyhood — “joy + hood”

Definitions

  1. The quality, condition, or state of joy.

    • Green grove of Clifton! though vanished our boyhood, We'll visit your glade in some fair eve of June; Yet lingers the spirit which brightened life's joyhood, […]
    • Symptom five — just like the others: Oh, it's fishing time, my brothers, When the fever, all a-sudden, Makes us think of lilacs buddin', And the heart turns back to boyhood With its honeyed days of joyhood!

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