joyousness

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joyousness - 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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joyousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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