What does "joyhood" mean?

The quality, condition, or state of joy.

What is a synonym for "joyhood"?

Common synonyms include: joyness, joyness.

Joyhood

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
The quality, condition, or state of joy. nonstandard, rare, uncountable
"Green grove of Clifton! though vanished our boyhood, We'll visit your glade in some fair eve of June; Yet lingers the spirit which brightened life's joyhood, […]"

Synonyms

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joyness joyness

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"Green grove of Clifton! though vanished our boyhood, We'll visit your glade in some fair eve of June; Yet lingers the spirit which brightened life's joyhood, […]"

Etymology

From joy + -hood.

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