Joydom

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of joy or of being joyful; exhilaration; enjoyment. rare, uncountable

    "All the people are in a sort of joydom over the new French Republic,' he wrote to Emerson, 'which has descended suddenly (or shall we say, ascended, alas!) out of the Immensities upon us; […]"

Example

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"All the people are in a sort of joydom over the new French Republic,' he wrote to Emerson, 'which has descended suddenly (or shall we say, ascended, alas!) out of the Immensities upon us; […]"

Etymology

From joy + -dom.

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