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joyance

[joi-uh ns]
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noun Archaic.

joyous feeling; gladness.

Origin of joyance

1580–90; joy + -ance (coined by Spenser)
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Related Words for joyance

satisfaction, joy, glee, contentment, pleasure, jollity, hilarity, rapture, fruition, delectation, enchantment, ecstasy, felicity, gratification, mirth, gladness, relish, transport

Examples from the Web for joyance

Historical Examples of joyance

  • Now Thorfinn went with thirty freedmen to the Yule-feast, whereat there was the greatest mirth and joyance among men.

    The Story of Grettir The Strong

    Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris

  • Accordingly, he made her his wife without delay, and celebrating the nuptials forthright, lay with her some months in all joyance.

  • And e'en now 'twas my full intent To bid them home to us straightway, And crown the joyance of to-day.

  • But now since we be free-men all, I and my fellows, fain would we march hence in thy train to thy honour and our joyance.

  • He cannot brook the sounds of joyance that reach him down in his fen-dwelling near the hall.

    Beowulf

    Release Date: July 19, 2005 [EBook #16328]

British Dictionary definitions for joyance

joyance

noun

archaic a joyous feeling or festivity
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