n. [ OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L. gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be glad; cf. Gr.
Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. Heb. xii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tears of true joy for his return. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
For ye are our glory and joy. 1 Thess. ii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such joy made Una, when her knight she found. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
The roofs with joy resound. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Joy is used in composition, esp. with participles, to from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-bells, joy-bringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding, etc.
v. i.
I will joy in the God of my salvation. Hab. iii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]
In whose sight all things joy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. joiance. ] Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some days of joyance are decreed to all. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
From what hid fountains doth thy joyance flow? Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Joyance. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad;
My soul shall be joyful in my God. Is. lxi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. Pope.
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n. the emotion of great happiness.
a. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Youth and health and war are joyless to him. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ He ] pining for the lass,
Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See Joy. ] Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. [ 1913 Webster ]
Is this your joyous city? Is. xxiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
And joyous of our conquest early won. Dryden.
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a. Causing joyfulness. [ R. ]
This all joysome grove. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]