joyance

[ joi-uhns ]

/ ˈdʒɔɪ əns /

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noun Archaic.

joyous feeling; gladness.

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Origin of joyance

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

Words nearby joyance

jow, Jowett, jowl, jowly, joy, joyance, joy buzzer, Joyce, Joycean, Joyce, James, joyful

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How to use joyance in a sentence

Seven days had she and the king taken joyance in love, yet could not be sated therewith.
Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity|Alexandre Kuprin
For seven days did the king take joyance in her love, nor could be sated therewith.
Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity|Alexandre Kuprin
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.
The Geste of Duke Jocelyn|Jeffery Farnol
Haply your Highness will find more joyance in a lusty young knight like Sir Myles than in an old fox like myself.
Men of Iron|Howard Pyle

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

/ (ˈdʒɔɪəns) /

noun

archaic a joyous feeling or festivity

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