joy
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See also Joy
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʤɔɪ/
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- Rhymes: -ɔɪ
[edit] Etymology
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin gaudium.
[edit] Noun
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joy (countable and uncountable; plural joys)
- (uncountable) The feeling of happiness, extreme cheerfulness.
- They will be a source of strength and joy in your life.
- (countable) An activity etc which causes this feeling.
- The joys and demands of new parents.
[edit] Derived terms
- bundle of joy
- cocky's joy
- enjoy
- joyance
- joyful
- joygasm
- joyless
- joyous
- joy ride
- joystick
- jump for joy
- killjoy
- no joy
- overjoy
- traveller's joy
[edit] Translations
feeling of happiness
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[edit] Verb
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to joy (third-person singular simple present joys, present participle joying, simple past and past participle joyed)
- (intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.
- 1885: I swore readily enough to this and he joyed with exceeding joy and embraced me round the neck while love for him possessed my whole heart. — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18

