Unjoyous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not joyous.
"It is from the animal joy of mechanics or peasants in their cessations from labor, or from their celebration of festivals, that the artist will select his matter of composition; not from any circumstances of unjoyous poverty or loathsome distress."
Example
More examples"It is from the animal joy of mechanics or peasants in their cessations from labor, or from their celebration of festivals, that the artist will select his matter of composition; not from any circumstances of unjoyous poverty or loathsome distress."
Etymology
From un- + joyous.
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