Joyousness

2 definitions found

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

  Joyous \Joy"ous\, 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.
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           Is this your joyous city?                --Is. xxiii.
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           They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --Spenser.
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           And joyous of our conquest early won.    --Dryden.
  
     Syn: Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful;
          sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming;
          delightful. -- {Joy"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  joyousness
       n : the emotion of great happiness [syn: {joy}, {joyfulness}]
           [ant: {sorrow}]