joyousness

noun

joyousness

noun

Etymology From joyous + -ness.

1

The state of being joyous.

  • The bright sun, the sweet free air, brought their own joyousness with them; all nature seemed too glad for sorrow.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 319:

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