Joyness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of joy; joyfulness. nonstandard, rare, uncountable

    "There is no better word for it than that coined by a boy from Russia in a composition on the Spring, written after only three months' study of English. He wrote of the “joyness” of the spring."

Example

More examples

"There is no better word for it than that coined by a boy from Russia in a composition on the Spring, written after only three months' study of English. He wrote of the “joyness” of the spring."

Etymology

From joy + -ness.

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