Joy,

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Joy \Joy\ (joi), n. [OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L.
     gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be
     glad; cf. Gr. gai`ein to rejoice, gay^ros proud. Cf. {Gaud},
     {Jewel}.]
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     1. The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or


        expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions
        caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a
        rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire;
        gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
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              Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
                                                    --Johnson.
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              Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured
              the cross, despising the shame.       --Heb. xii. 2.
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              Tears of true joy for his return.     --Shak.
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              Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration
              of the present or assured approaching possession of
              a good.                               --Locke.
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     2. That which causes joy or happiness.
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              For ye are our glory and joy.         --1 Thess. ii.
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              A thing of beauty is a joy forever.   --Keats.
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     3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment;
        festivity.
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              Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              The roofs with joy resound.           --Dryden.
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     Note: Joy is used in composition, esp. with participles, to
           from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-bells,
           joy-bringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding, etc.
  
     Syn: Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation;
          transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety;
          mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Joy \Joy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Joyed} (joid); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Joying}.] [OF. joir, F. jouir. See {Joy}, n.]
     To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
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           I will joy in the God of my salvation.   --Hab. iii.
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           In whose sight all things joy.           --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Joy \Joy\, v. t.
     1. To give joy to; to congratulate. [Obs.] "Joy us of our
        conquest." --Dryden.
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              To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe. --Prior.
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     2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.]
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              Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits. --Shak.
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     3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See {Enjoy}.
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              Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
                                                    --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  joy
       n 1: the emotion of great happiness [syn: {joyousness}, {joyfulness}]
            [ant: {sorrow}]
       2: something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of
          happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his
          company"; "the new car is a delight" [syn: {delight}, {pleasure}]
       v 1: feel happiness or joy [syn: {rejoice}]
       2: make glad or happy [syn: {gladden}] [ant: {sadden}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "joy":
     amusement, be in heaven, be pleased, beam, beatification,
     beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, caper,
     caracole, carol, cheer, cheerfulness, chirp, chirrup, clap hands,
     cloud nine, crow, crow over, dance, delectation, delight,
     die with delight, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment,
     enjoyment, exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, exult, feel happy,
     felicity, frisk, frivolity, frolic, fruition, fun, gaiety, gambol,
     gladness, glee, gleefulness, gloat, gloat over, glory,
     go into raptures, happiness, heaven, high glee, high spirits,
     hilariousness, hilarity, intoxication, jocularity, jocundity,
     jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyance, joyfulness, joyousness,
     jubilate, laugh, laughter, levity, lilt, merriment, merriness,
     mirth, mirthfulness, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, purr,
     rapture, ravishment, rejoice, revel, rollick, romp, seventh heaven,
     sing, skip, skip for joy, smile, sunshine, take great satisfaction,
     transport, tread on air, triumph, unalloyed happiness, whistle
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Joy
       
           A {functional programming} language by Manfred von
          Thun.  Joy is unusual because it is not based on {lambda
          calculus}, but on the {composition} of {functions}.  Functions
          take a stack as argument, consume any number of parameters
          from it, and return it with any number of results on it.  The
          concatenation of programs denotes the composition of
          functions.  One of the datatypes of Joy is that of quoted
          programs, of which lists are a special case.
       
          {Joy Home
          (http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/phimvt/joy.html)}.
       
          (2003-06-13)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Joy, IL (village, FIPS 38739)
    Location: 41.19687 N, 90.87956 W
    Population (1990): 452 (210 housing units)
    Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 61260

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Joy, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
     Population (2000):    373
     Housing Units (2000): 167
     Land area (2000):     0.419880 sq. miles (1.087485 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.419880 sq. miles (1.087485 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            38739
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             41.196923 N, 90.879702 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     61260
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Joy, IL
      Joy