joyness
nounEtymology From joy + -ness.
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Nonstandard, Rare The state or condition of joy; joyfulness.
- 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.1913, Christian Register, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Still, we must not forget those who have tolled through hardships of the winter past, those who cannot see the joyness of life and the beauty of spring because of the bitterness of sickness, [...]2010, Troy Victor Post, The Teller of Burnham Bank:
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- All evening (with the foreknowledge of this now goading them into joyness) they had had a fine time. a viciously.2012, James Jones, George Hendrick, From Here to Eternity: A Novel:
- The spokesman of one KP group said to him: “Sair, there are much joyness in the hearts of the kitchen boys since you have come to be cook here.” Mailer enjoyed joking with them in Japanese, which he had learned a bit of.2014, J. Michael Lennon, Norman Mailer: A Double Life: