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Joyousness definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JOY'OUSNESS, n. The state of being joyous.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the emotion of great happiness [syn: joy, joyousness, joyfulness] [ant: sorrow]

Merriam Webster's

noun see joyous

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Joyous Joy"ous, a. [OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See Joy.] Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. Is this your joyous city? --Is. xxiii. 7. They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --Spenser. And joyous of our conquest early won. --Dryden. Syn: Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful; sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming; delightful. -- Joy"ous*ly, adv. -- Joy"ous*ness, n.