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)
- To give great joy, delight or pleasure to.
- The prospect of writing three exams in a row without a break does not overjoy me.
- 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
- 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
Forms of o'erjoy
| third-person singular present | o'erjoys |
|---|---|
| present participle | o'erjoying |
| past participle | o'erjoyed |
| past | o'erjoyed |
Questions about o'erjoy
- What is o'erjoy the contraction of?
- O'erjoy is the contraction of overjoy.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: o'erjoy (page history and authors); overjoy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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