Joy Definition

joi
joys
noun
joys
A very glad feeling; happiness; great pleasure; delight.
Webster's New World
Anything causing such feeling.
Webster's New World
The expression or showing of such feeling.
Webster's New World
A source or an object of joy.
Their only child, their pride and joy.
American Heritage
A feminine name.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary
verb
joys
To make joyful.
Webster's New World
To be full of joy; rejoice.
Webster's New World
To fill with ecstatic happiness, pleasure, or satisfaction.
American Heritage
To enjoy.
Webster's New World
Prior.
To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.
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Other Word Forms of Joy

Noun

Singular:
joy
Plural:
joys

Origin of Joy

  • Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Displaced native Middle English wunne (from Old English wynn), Middle Englishhight, hught (“joy, hope”) (from Old English hyht), Middle English rot, root (“joy, delight”) (from Old English rōt), Middle English murȝe murghe (“joy, mirth”) (from Old English myrg (“joy, mirth”)), Middle English gleo (“joy, glee”) (from Old English glēow, glīw (“glee”)), Middle English blisse (“joy, bliss”) (from Old English blisse, blīþs).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English joie from Old French from Latin gaudia pl. of gaudium joy from gaudēre to rejoice gāu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century.

    From Wiktionary

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