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joyance

[ joi-uhns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Archaic.

joyance

/ ˈdʒɔɪəns /

Origin of joyance¹

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

Seven days had she and the king taken joyance in love, yet could not be sated therewith.

For seven days did the king take joyance in her love, nor could be sated therewith.

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.

Haply your Highness will find more joyance in a lusty young knight like Sir Myles than in an old fox like myself.

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

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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