Joyce

[ jois ]

/ dʒɔɪs /

noun

James (Augustine Aloysius),1882–1941, Irish novelist.

WilliamLord Haw-Haw, 1906–46, U.S. and English Nazi propagandist in Germany.

a female or male given name: from a French word meaning “joy.”

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Psychologist Joyce Benenson has spent 25 years studying the different ways men and women compete.
People Prefer ‘The Bachelor’ to ‘The Bachelorette.’ Why? It’s Science.|Brandy Zadrozny|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That Joyce has stopped being about literature and is almost a religion to a lot of people.
The Prodigious Roddy Doyle Is the Celtic Tiger of Irish Literature|Allen Barra|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On our way back into Città Vecchia we poke our heads into some random, hole-in-the-wall joints looking for signs of Joyce.
Exploring the Darker Side of James Joyce’s Trieste|Jeff Campagna|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is where Joyce began writing Circe, the night town episode of Ulysses.
Exploring the Darker Side of James Joyce’s Trieste|Jeff Campagna|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Gone are the working-man dive bars where Joyce would binge drink and ponder his literary hardship.
Exploring the Darker Side of James Joyce’s Trieste|Jeff Campagna|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before Joyce could answer, she caught sight of Jack, through the big show-window, hurrying down the street by himself.
The Little Colonel in Arizona|Annie Fellows Johnston
"Oh, we're going to have some for supper to-night," cried Joyce.
The Little Colonel in Arizona|Annie Fellows Johnston
"Yes, red——" began Clarence, but the words were cut short by an exclamation from Joyce.
The Red Miriok|Anna M. Barnes
The sunrise of Joyce's wedding day was just breaking when Filmer's Spectre gave up the struggle and sleep came.
Joyce of the North Woods|Harriet T. Comstock
Some few points I find in the unpublished letters which may be new to many of Joyce's readers.
The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces|Joyce Kilmer

British Dictionary definitions for joyce

Joyce

/ (dʒɔɪs) /

noun

James (Augustine Aloysius). 1882–1941, Irish novelist and short-story writer. He profoundly influenced the development of the modern novel by his use of complex narrative techniques, esp stream of consciousness and parody, and of compound and coined words. His works include the novels Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939) and the short stories Dubliners (1914)

William, known as Lord Haw-Haw. 1906–46, British broadcaster of Nazi propaganda to Britain, who was executed for treason

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Joyce

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