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o'erjoy

o'erjoy is the contraction of overjoy.

Meaning of overjoy

Verb

overjoy (third-person singular simple present overjoys, present participle overjoying, simple past and past participle overjoyed)

  1. (transitive) To give great joy, delight or pleasure to.
    • The prospect of writing three exams in a row without a break does not overjoy me.
  2. (rare, transitive) To give too much joy to.
    • Ah, child, thou art but half thy darling mother’s; / Hers couldst thou wholly be, / My light in thee would outglow all in others; / She would relive to me. / But niggard Nature’s trick of birth / Bars, lest she overjoy, / Renewal of the loved on earth / Save with alloy.1898, Thomas Hardy, “To an Orphan Child”, in Wessex Poems and Other Verses, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 163
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To take too much pleasure (in something).
    • Your deeds my hart surchargd with ouerioying:1598, John Wilbye, The First Set of English Madrigals, London: Thomas Este, Madrigal

See all 5 meanings of overjoy

Forms of o'erjoy

third-person singular presento'erjoys
present participleo'erjoying
past participleo'erjoyed
pasto'erjoyed

Questions about o'erjoy

What is o'erjoy the contraction of?
O'erjoy is the contraction of overjoy.

Words near o'erjoy in the dictionary

  1. o'ercome
  2. o'ercomes
  3. o'ercoming
  4. o'ergrown
  5. o'erhead
  6. o'erjoy
  7. o'erjoyed
  8. o'erjoying
  9. o'erjoys
  10. o'erlaid
  11. o'erlay

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