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joyance

American  
[joi-uhns] / ˈdʒɔɪ əns /

noun

Archaic.
  1. joyous feeling; gladness.


joyance British  
/ ˈdʒɔɪəns /

noun

  1. archaic a joyous feeling or festivity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of joyance

1580–90; joy + -ance (coined by Spenser in his Faerie Queene )

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But the joyance of the Doles could not be extinguished by such considerations, for to them had been born a son christened Sanford Ballard Dole.

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Their joyance was not in their official capacity, for there were still troublous times in the Sandwich Islands.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are woods and waters, and the occasional illusion of an illimitable distance of sylvan joyance.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Hither, O fragrant of Tmolus the Golden, Come with the voice of timbrel and drum; Let the cry of your joyance uplift and embolden The God of the joy-cry; O Bacchanals, come!

From The Bacchae of Euripides by Euripedes

The poet wrought a song of joyance, thrilled With all the peace the world's glad heart hath kept; He sang of hope and happy dreams fulfilled ...

From The Path of Dreams Poems by Giltner, Leigh Gordon

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