Unjoyous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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

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"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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