overjoyous

adj

overjoyous

adj

Etymology From over- + joyous.

1

Rare Extremely happy or celebratory; overjoyed.

Now and then a note from the bugle of some overjoyous youths as he entered the forest, brought a frown upon the brow of old Congo.1834, William Alexander Caruthers, The Cavaliers of Virginia, page 146:
Sir John when he heard it was over-joyous.1848, George Payne Rainsford James, Beauchamp: Or, The Error, Volume 3, page 209:

2 more examples

I, Aurora Leigh, was born To make my father sadder, and myself Not overjoyous, truly.1857, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, First Book:
Sometimes there was a celebration. One or two members of the little community were inclined to become a trifle over joyous too often for their health.1900, Stewart Edward White, chapter 19, in The Westerners:

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