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joyance Chiefly poet.|ˈdʒɔɪəns|
Also -aunce.
[f. joy v. + -ance.
App. formed by Spenser; rare before 1800, and considered ‘obsolete’ by Johnson; reintroduced by Coleridge and Southey, and in 19th cent. a favourite word with poets and writers of imaginative prose. The corresponding word derived from OF. was the obsolete jouisance.]
1. The state of feeling or action of showing joy; rejoicing; delight; enjoyment.
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. xii. 18 Chearfull, fresh and full of ioyance glad, As if no sorrow she ne felt, ne drad. 1607Trag. Nero K ij b, Though Iulia..made great ioyance, that it should be so. 1742Shenstone Schoolmistr. 228 Ne for his fellows' joyaunce careth aught. c1796Coleridge Autumnal Even. 24 Chaste Joyance dancing in her bright-blue eyes. 1820Shelley To a Skylark 76 With thy clear keen joyance Languor cannot be. 1859Tennyson Elaine 1314 Then would I..Estate them with large land and territory..To keep them in all joyance.
b. Enjoyment of something. rare.
1596Spenser F.Q. vi. xi. 7 Which gave him hope..That he in time her joyance should obtaine. 1850Mrs. Browning Poems I. 20 God, Who gave the right and joyaunce of the world Both unto thee and me,—gave thee to me.
2. The action of enjoying or disporting oneself; disport, festivity, merrymaking.
c1586Spenser Astrophel 25 His sports were faire, his ioyance innocent. 1662Gunning Lent Fast 168 They abstained from..public joyances. 1797Southey King Charlemain xi, Now merriment, joyaunce, and feasting again Enliven'd the palace of Aix. 1878Masque Poets 20 There too are jousts and joyance rare And beauteous ladies debonair.
3. Joyous character or quality; delight, charm.
1847Disraeli Tancred i. i, The..illusion of an illimitable distance of sylvan joyance. a1865Bamford Poems, Farew. Cottage, Where I..met early spring with her buskin of dew, As o'er the wild heather a joyance she threw. |