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joyous

adjective/ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/

What It Means

Full of joy; happy.

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Joyous in Context

“Southgate and his England players repeated the scenes from the dramatic penalty shootout win over Colombia as they celebrated in front of joyous supporters at the final whistle[…]”

— 2018 July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport

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From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.

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