Joyance

//ˈd͡ʒɔɪəns// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Enjoyment, joy, delight. archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable

    "So forth they marchen in this goodly fort, / To take the ſolace of the open aire, / And in freſh flowring fields themſelues to ſport; / Emongſt the reſt rode that falſe Lady faire, / The foule Dueſsa, next vnto the chaire / Of proud Lucifer’, as one of the traine: / But that good knight would not ſo nigh repaire, / Him ſelfe eſtraunging from their ioyaunce vaine, / Whoſe fellowſhip ſeemd far vnfitt for warlike ſwaine."

Etymology

Apparently coined by Edmund Spenser, from joy + -ance.

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