joyance
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪəns/
joyance noun: enjoyment, joy, delight.
Noun
joyance (countable and uncountable, plural joyances)
- Enjoyment, joy, delight.
- So forth they marchen in this goodly fort, / To take the ſolace of the open aire, / And in freſh flowring fields themſelues to ſport; / Emongſt the reſt rode that falſe Lady faire, / The foule Dueſsa, next vnto the chaire / Of proud Lucifer’, as one of the traine: / But that good knight would not...1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza XXXVII, page 55
- So dreadfully he towardes him did pas, / Forelifting vp a loft his ſpeckled breſt, / And often bounding on the bruſed gras, / As for great ioyaunce of his newcome gueſt.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza XV, page 159
joyance meaning in Tamil
joyance in Tamil
- மகிழ் உணர்வு
Forms of joyance
| plural | joyances |
|---|---|
| alternative form | joyancy |
Origin of joyance
Apparently coined by Edmund Spenser, from joy + -ance.
Questions about joyance
- What does joyance mean?
- Joyance means enjoyment, joy, delight.
- What is joyance in Tamil?
- Joyance in Tamil is மகிழ் உணர்வு. See Joyance meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is joyance?
- Joyance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce joyance?
- Joyance is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔɪəns/.
- What is the plural of joyance?
- The plural of joyance is joyances.
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