Joydom
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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