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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Is this your joyous city? --Is. xxiii.
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They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --Spenser.
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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.
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