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joyness

noun

Etymology

From joy + -ness.

  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 joyness — “joy + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of joy

    The state or condition of joy; joyfulness.

    • There is no better word for it than that coined by a boy from Russia in a composition on the Spring, written after only three months' study of English. He wrote of the “joyness” of the spring.
    • Still, we must not forget those who have tolled through hardships of the winter past, those who cannot see the joyness of life and the beauty of spring because of the bitterness of sickness, [...]
    • All evening (with the foreknowledge of this now goading them into joyness) they had had a fine time. a viciously.

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