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over-joyous

over-joyous is the alternative form of overjoyous.

Meaning of overjoyous

Adjective

overjoyous (comparative more overjoyous, superlative most overjoyous)

  1. (rare) Extremely happy or celebratory; overjoyed.
    • Now and then a note from the bugle of some overjoyous youths as he entered the forest, brought a frown upon the brow of old Congo.1834, William Alexander Caruthers, The Cavaliers of Virginia, page 146

Forms of over-joyous

comparativemore over-joyous
superlativemost over-joyous

Questions about over-joyous

What is over-joyous the alternative form of?
Over-joyous is the alternative form of overjoyous.

Words near over-joyous in the dictionary

  1. over-industrious
  2. over-insolent
  3. over-insolently
  4. over-involvement
  5. over-involvements
  6. over-joyous
  7. over-just
  8. over-kingdom
  9. over-kingdoms
  10. over-meticulous
  11. over-meticulousness

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