Joyous dictionary definition

joyous

joy·ous

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A joyous family.

adjective

The definition of joyous is feelings of great happiness or delight.

An example of joyous feelings are the feelings you have after the birth of your long-awaited baby.

full of joy; happy; glad

Origin of joyous

Middle English from Old French joios from joie, joy

adjective

Feeling, showing, or causing joy; joyful. See Synonyms at glad¹.

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Adjective

(comparative more joyous, superlative most joyous)

Origin

Old French joieus, from joie + -eus

Anne spent the rest of her life happily in England at Richmond or Bletchingley, occasionally visiting the court, and being described as joyous as ever, and wearing new dresses every day!
He was, it is clear, thoroughly penetrated with the instincts, the hopes, and the ideas of the Renaissance in the form which it took in France, in England and in Germany - a form, that is to say, not merely humanist but full of aspirations for social and political improvement, and above all for a joyous, varied, and non-ascetic life.
Mademoiselle Bourienne was the same coquettish, self-satisfied girl, enjoying every moment of her existence and full of joyous hopes for the future.
As soon as Petya found himself in the square he clearly heard the sound of bells and the joyous voices of the crowd that filled the whole Kremlin.
He was not occupied with the question of what to sacrifice for; the fact of sacrificing in itself afforded him a new and joyous sensation.