Joy
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Joy \Joy\ (joi), n. [OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L.
gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be
glad; cf. Gr. gai`ein to rejoice, gay^ros proud. Cf. {Gaud},
{Jewel}.]
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1. The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or
expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions
caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a
rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire;
gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
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Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
--Dryden.
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Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
--Johnson.
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Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured
the cross, despising the shame. --Heb. xii. 2.
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Tears of true joy for his return. --Shak.
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Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration
of the present or assured approaching possession of
a good. --Locke.
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2. That which causes joy or happiness.
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For ye are our glory and joy. --1 Thess. ii.
20.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. --Keats.
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3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment;
festivity.
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Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
--Spenser.
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The roofs with joy resound. --Dryden.
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Note: Joy is used in composition, esp. with participles, to
from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-bells,
joy-bringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding, etc.
Syn: Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation;
transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety;
mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Joy \Joy\, v. t.
1. To give joy to; to congratulate. [Obs.] "Joy us of our
conquest." --Dryden.
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To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe. --Prior.
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2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.]
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Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits. --Shak.
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3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See {Enjoy}.
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Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
--Milton.
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from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Joy, IL (village, FIPS 38739)
Location: 41.19687 N, 90.87956 W
Population (1990): 452 (210 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61260
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Joy, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 373
Housing Units (2000): 167
Land area (2000): 0.419880 sq. miles (1.087485 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.419880 sq. miles (1.087485 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38739
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.196923 N, 90.879702 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61260
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Joy, IL
Joy
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "joy":
amusement, be in heaven, be pleased, beam, beatification,
beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, caper,
caracole, carol, cheer, cheerfulness, chirp, chirrup, clap hands,
cloud nine, crow, crow over, dance, delectation, delight,
die with delight, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment,
enjoyment, exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, exult, feel happy,
felicity, frisk, frivolity, frolic, fruition, fun, gaiety, gambol,
gladness, glee, gleefulness, gloat, gloat over, glory,
go into raptures, happiness, heaven, high glee, high spirits,
hilariousness, hilarity, intoxication, jocularity, jocundity,
jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyance, joyfulness, joyousness,
jubilate, laugh, laughter, levity, lilt, merriment, merriness,
mirth, mirthfulness, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, purr,
rapture, ravishment, rejoice, revel, rollick, romp, seventh heaven,
sing, skip, skip for joy, smile, sunshine, take great satisfaction,
transport, tread on air, triumph, unalloyed happiness, whistle
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