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joyn.

Brit. /dʒɔɪ/, U.S. /dʒɔɪ/
Forms: Middle English–1500s ioie, ioi, Middle English–1600s ioye, ioy, (Middle English ioiȝe, Middle English ioȝe, ioyȝe, yoi, yoe, goye, Middle English yoye, yoy), 1600s joye, 1600s– joy.
Etymology: Middle English < Old French joie, joye joy, jewel, French joie (= Provençal joia, Spanish joya, Portuguese joia jewel, Italian gioja joy, jewel) < popular Latin *gaudia feminine for Latin gaudia, plural of gaudium joy; compare Provençal joi < Latin gaudium.
1.
a. A vivid emotion of pleasure arising from a sense of well-being or satisfaction; the feeling or state of being highly pleased or delighted; exultation of spirit; gladness, delight.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun]
merrinesseOE
gladnessc900
mirtheOE
playeOE
dreamOE
gladshipc975
lissOE
willOE
hightOE
blithenessc1000
gladc1000
winOE
blissc1175
delices?c1225
delight?c1225
joy?c1225
comfortc1230
listc1275
gladhead1303
daintyc1325
fainnessc1340
lightnessa1350
delectationc1384
delightingc1390
comfortationa1400
fainheada1400
blithec1400
fainc1400
delicacyc1405
gladsomeness1413
reveriea1425
joyousitiea1450
joyfulnessc1485
jucundity1536
joyousness1549
joc1560
delightfulness1565
jouissance1579
joyance1590
levitya1631
revelling1826
chuckle1837
joyancy1849
a song in one's heart1862
delightsomeness1866
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 162 Efter þe spreoue on ende þenne is þe muchele Ioie.
a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 213 Al mi woa on eorðe schal turnen me to ioie.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 226 More wes tocne of wepinge and of zorȝe þanne of goye and of ydele blisse.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 75 Ioye wyþoute ende.
c1440 York Myst. xxx. 387 Þi joie is in japes.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxxvi. 5 They that sowe in teeres, shal reape in ioye.
1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxviii. 7 When the morning starres sang together, and all the sonnes of God shouted for ioy . View more context for this quotation
1651 Bp. J. Hall Susurrium cum Deo xxvii. 95 There is little difference betwixt joy and happinesse.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. iv. 39 I have joy in the joy of all these good people.
1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 30 Oct. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 465 Joseph..reported that the earl ‘jumped for joy’.
1807 W. Wordsworth Resolution & Independence in Poems I. 92 I thought..; Of him who walk'd in glory and in joy Behind his plough, upon the mountain-side.
1820 J. Keats Ode on Melancholy in Lamia & Other Poems 141 Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips Bidding adieu.
1867 J. Ingelow Dominion 29 It is a comely fashion to be glad—Joy is the grace we say to God.
b. with a and plural: an instance or kind of this.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > an instance or kind of joy
mirthsOE
joya1300
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23366 Ne hert mai think þaa ioies sere, Þat iesu crist has dight til his.
c1450 Cov. Myst. 261 There joye of alle joyis to the is sewre!
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 343 This third joy..is not a collaterall joy..but it is a fundamentall joy, a radicall joy.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Averse from Venus, and from nuptial Joys . View more context for this quotation
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud v. iii, in Maud & Other Poems 23 A joy in which I cannot rejoice, A glory I shall not find.
c. The expression of glad feeling; outward rejoicing; mirth; †jubilant festivity.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun]
mirthOE
gladdingc1000
man-dreamOE
gleea1200
joyingc1300
rejoyingc1350
gloryingc1384
joya1400
mirthinga1400
rejoicingc1400
exultationc1425
rejoice1445
joyousitiea1450
solation1483
festivitya1500
rejoicement1523
jubilee1526
joyance1590
insolence1595
exiliency1618
exilience1626
exultancy1632
ovation1649
exultance1650
exulting1744
jubilance1864
jubilancy1894
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3014 Isaac wel es for to sai A man þat takens ioy and plai.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxviii. 286 Whan thei dyen, thei maken gret feste and gret ioye and reuell.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxxvi. 2 Then shall oure mouth be fylled with laughter, and oure tonge with ioye.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ioye made for victorie, as bonefyres wyth bankettes, epinicium.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lii. 9 Breake foorth into ioy, sing together, yee waste places. View more context for this quotation
1800 W. Wordsworth Idle Shepherd-boys 1 The valley rings with mirth and joy.
d. maiden of joy n. [French fille de joie] Obsolete a courtesan.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > courtesan
plover1304
pamphelet?a1513
nun?1518
courtesan1549
musk cat?1567
stallion?1578
maiden of joy1585
miniard1598
quail1609
guinea-hena1616
light horsea1627
lady of pleasure1652
lorette1865
oiran1871
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxv. 141 The lively drafts..of a mayden of ioy or a common woman.
e. elliptical. An expression of sympathetic joy, a congratulation. Cf. phr. to give one the joy of at sense 9d. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [noun] > an instance or expression of
gratulation1614
to give a person the parabien of1622
congratulation1632
joya1641
congratulatory1680
gratulatory1744
a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 11 In conclusion, a joy pronounced by the King and Queen, and seconded with congratulation of the Lords there present.
f. Used interjectionally, as an expression of joy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > exclamation of joy or delight [interjection]
cock-a-hoop1568
woo-hoo1697
joy1719
glory1816
whizzo1905
whee1920
hot diggety1924
ziggety1924
whacko1941
yeehaw1941
zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945
cowabunga1954
yay1963
yahoo1976
wahey1979
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 265 Friday..in a kind of Surprise, falls a jumping and dancing..O joy! Says he.
1807 W. Wordsworth Ode in Poems II. 154 O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live. View more context for this quotation
1817 T. Moore Paradise & Peri in Lalla Rookh Joy, joy for ever! my task is done, The gates are passed, and heaven is won.
g. colloquial. Result, satisfaction, success. Esp. with negative, and frequently ironical.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun]
speedc725
speedinga1300
exploitc1300
happingc1440
succeedingc1450
proof1574
successa1586
joy1945
1945 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 5 53 There's even less joy in sending us the money.
1945 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake (new ed.) 40 Joy, satisfaction. Thus, ‘Johnnie took the new kite up this morning—had bags of joy’, or ‘no joy at all’.
1946 P. Brickhill & C. Norton Escape to Danger xxxiii. 294 At 9.15 the workers had been down nearly forty minutes and still ‘no joy’.
1961 S. Price Just for Record ii. 17 I..tried to get a taxi. No joy, so back into the studio.
1961 H. R. Williamson Wicked Pack Cards ix. 94 Did you get any joy at the picture gallery?
1971 D. Bagley Freedom Trap vii. 147 He reported, ‘No joy!’
1971 D. Bagley Freedom Trap viii. 178 ‘Any joy there?’ She looked up. ‘There's not much more than I told you last night.’
1972 R. Fiennes Ice Fall in Norway vi. 86 It was becoming late—we tried to locate Patrick's position again, but without joy.
1973 Scotsman 7 Aug. 8/2 Parking the car in this bay we started to look for a path and a break in the barbed wire—again with no joy.
2. A pleasurable state or condition; a state of happiness or felicity; esp. the perfect bliss or beatitude of heaven; hence, the place of bliss, paradise, heaven; = bliss n. 2c, glory n. 7. Obsolete or archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > joy or bliss of
bliss971
joyc1275
the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun]
blissc1175
Edena1225
heaven bliss?c1225
joyc1275
blessedheada1300
blissfulheada1340
third heavenc1384
paradisec1395
benisona1400
blessednessa1400
heavena1413
jocundnessc1426
everlastingness1434
jocundityc1450
beatitudea1492
beatification1502
blessedfulness1526
beautitude1578
Elysiuma1616
suavitya1617
seventh heaven1786
heaven of heavens1885
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun]
mirthOE
joyc1275
jollitya1300
joy-makingc1330
good fellowship?c1430
wine and womena1450
junketing1555
merrymake1579
gaiety1612
jovialty1621
joviality1626
mirth-making1638
jovialness1658
jollitry?c1685
goodfellowhood1716
merrymaking1779
conviviality1791
jollification1818
making-merry1823
carnivalizing1841
skite1869
Wein, Weib, und Gesang1885
balling1942
c1275 Passion Our Lord 586 in Old Eng. Misc. 54 Þer is my vader and eke heore, and ioye euer ilyche.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 535 Þer abbeþ kinges & mani oþere ofte ibe in ioie.
c1320 Cast. Love 1519 Þat he wone wiþ vs wiþ-Inne, And aftur þis lyf to Ioye wende.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxi. 141 Þai go to þe ioy of Paradys [Fr. il vait en paradis].
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 150 Therfor Sholde a man lytill cowete..the honnoure, the yoy, or the gladnysse of this worlde.
1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Morninge Prayer sig. .ii So that at the last, we may come to hys eternal ioye.
1673 J. Milton Sonnets xiv, in Poems (new ed.) 58 Thy Works and Alms..Follow'd thee up to joy and bliss for ever.
1870 J. Ellerton Things Eternal in Hymns (1888) 83 Bring us, where all tears are dried, Joy for evermore!]
3.
a. A source or object of joy; that which causes joy, or in which delight is taken; a delight. Joys of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), special occasions of joy to the mother of Jesus Christ. The medieval church reckoned five; lists differ; an early 14th cent. poem (Wright Lyric P. (1844) 95) has the Annunciation, Nativity, Epiphany, Resurrection, and her Assumption; later Roman Catholic writers make seven, adding as second and fifth, the Visitation and Finding in the Temple, and making the seventh the Ascension.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [noun] > an instance or source of joy or delight
playeOE
mirthOE
blissa1000
winOE
sunbeamc1175
delight?c1225
joyc1275
delightingc1350
joying1388
delicec1390
delectation?a1425
rejoice1445
delectabilitiesa1500
deliciositiesa1500
delectables1547
delicacy1586
venery1607
deliciousness1651
thrilling1747
peaches and cream1920
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > Joys of Mary
Joys of Maryc1275
c1275 Luve Ron in Old Eng. Misc. 97 His sihte is al ioye and gleo, he is day wyþ-ute nyhte.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Philipp. iv. 1 My britheren moost dereworthe and moost desyrid, my ioye and my crowne.
c1430 Hymns Virg. 67 Quod man, y pleie, y wrastile, y sprynge, Þese ioies wolen neuere wende me fro.
1539 Bible (Great) Psalms xlviii. 2 The hyll of Sion is a fayre place, & the ioye of the whole earth.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxxii. 14 The forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks. View more context for this quotation
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 3 A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City vi. 151 You can see no horizon from it; that alone is the joy of the moor-land.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 61 Al þourh þat leuedy gent ant smal; heried by hyr ioies fyue.a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 66 Þe þridde ioie of þat leuedy, þat men clepeþ þe Epyphany.1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 17 Oure ladyes fyve joyes.1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 281 They allow but 40 daies Pardon for saying seven Paters and Aves to the honor of the seven Joies.
b. Used (esp. dialect) as a term of endearment for a sweetheart, child, etc.; a darling: cf. jo n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]
darlingc888
belamy?c1225
culver?c1225
dearc1230
sweetheartc1290
heartc1300
sweetc1330
honeya1375
dovec1386
jewelc1400
birdc1405
cinnamonc1405
honeycombc1405
lovec1405
wantonc1450
mulling?a1475
daisyc1485
crowdy-mowdy?a1513
honeysop?a1513
powsowdie?a1513
suckler?a1513
foolc1525
buttinga1529
whitinga1529
beautiful1534
turtle-dove1535
soula1538
heartikin1540
bully?1548
turtle1548
lamba1556
nyletc1557
sweet-lovea1560
coz1563
ding-ding1564
pugs1566
golpol1568
sparling1570
lover1573
pug1580
bulkin1582
mopsy1582
chuck1589
bonny1594
chick1594
sweetikin1596
ladybird1597
angel1598
muss1598
pinkany1599
sweetkin1599
duck1600
joy1600
sparrowc1600
sucket1605
nutting1606
chuckaby1607
tickling1607
bagpudding1608
heartling1608
chucking1609
dainty1611
flittermouse1612
honeysuckle1613
fubs1614
bawcocka1616
pretty1616
old thinga1625
bun1627
duckling1630
bulchin1633
bulch?c1640
sweetling1648
friscoa1652
ding-dongs1662
buntinga1668
cocky1680
dearie1681
chucky1683
lovey1684
machree1689
nykin1693
pinkaninny1696
nug1699
hinny1724
puss1753
pet1767
dovey1769
sweetie1778
lovey-dovey1781
lovely1791
ducky1819
toy1822
acushla1825
alanna1825
treat1825
amigo1830
honey child1832
macushla1834
cabbage1840
honey-bunch1874
angel pie1878
m'dear1887
bach1889
honey baby1895
prawn1895
hon1896
so-and-so1897
cariad1899
pumpkin1900
honey-bun1902
pussums1912
snookums1919
treasure1920
wogger1922
amico1929
sugar1930
baby cake1949
angel cake1951
lamb-chop1962
petal1974
bae2006
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [noun] > an instance or source of joy or delight > specifically a person
joy1600
heartthrob1929
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 4 While I..kisse thy faire large eares, my gentle ioy . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. v. 57 His remembrance lay In Egypt with his ioy . View more context for this quotation
1789 W. Blake Infant Joy in Songs of Innocence Pretty joy! Sweet joy but two days old.
1875 B. L. Farjeon Love's Victory xxv She instructed her eldest joy how to behave.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘My bonny joy!’ my pretty dear.
4. The quality which causes joy; quality or faculty of delighting; = delight n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [noun]
delighta1250
deliciositya1398
joya1400
delightabilityc1440
deliciousnessa1450
delectablenessc1487
delicity?c1500
delectability1565
delightsomenessa1568
delightfulness1570
joyance1847
a1400 Pistill of Susan 41 Þus þis dredful demers on dayes þider drewe, Al for gentrise and Ioye of þat Iewesse.
1483 Cath. Angl. 197/2 Ioy,..amenitas.
5. Joyful adoring praise and thanksgiving; = glory n. 4. Rendering Latin glōria (Greek δόξα), esp. in the doxologies. Obsolete.When Old English wuldor, early Middle English wulder, became obsolete, and Latin gloria, Old French glorie, gloire, was not yet adopted, English had no word distinctly representing Latin gloria. Hence bliss and joy were used naturally at first of the glory of heaven (see sense 2 above, bliss n. 2c, glory n. 4), and extended to this sense in which gloria, gloire represent Greek δόξα: cf. bliss n. 3.
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society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > joyful
joyc1374
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) v. pr. vi. 139 Þe Iuge þat seeþ and demeþ alle þinges. (To whom be goye and worshipe bi Infynyt tymes Amen.)
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 289 Gloria Patri etc. þat is, Ioye to þe Fadir.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11260 On hei be ioi, and pes on lagh.
a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 17 Ioyȝe be to the fadir, and to the sone, and to the holygoost.
1483 Cath. Angl. 197/2 Ioy, adoria..doxa, doxula.
6.
a. A jewel. (French joie, Godefroy.) Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1599 N. Breton Miseries Mavillia ii Here my sweete Mistresse, take this Pearle-ioye Set it in the ring that hangeth at mine eare.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Gioia, a ioy, a gemme, a iewell.
b. In East Indian use from Portuguese joia. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [noun] > piece or article of
jewelc1300
broocha1382
belette1522
bijou1668
joy1801
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 17/1 Shaik Ishmail was convicted of breaking into the house of Pittamber Narrain, and stealing from thence a variety of gold and silver joys.
1809 M. Graham Jrnl. Resid. India (1813) 3 To murder these helpless creatures for the sake of their ornaments or joys.
1824 Sk. India (ed. 2) 78 Groups of dancing-girls, covered with joys.
7. Astrology. Joys of the Planets: see quots.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > situation of > joys
Joys of the Planets1658
a1400–50 Alexander 704 And how þe mode Marcure makis sa mekill ioy.]
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Joyes of the Planets, are when they are in those houses where they are most powerful and strong, as Saturn joyeth in Scorpio.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Joys of the Planets..are certain Dignities that befall them, either by being in the place of a Planet of like Quality or Condition, or when they are in a House of the Figure agreeable to their own Nature.
1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. Joys of the Planets..Every planet, according to Ptolemy, is in his joy when another is dignified in any of his dignities... They are also said in modern astrology to have their joys in certain houses according to their nature, whether good or evil, thus ♄ joys in the 12th, ♃ in the 11th.
8. Isolated obsolete uses.
a. A stage-play.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun]
playeOE
joyc1440
sportc1475
historya1509
drama?1521
stage playa1535
gameplay1560
show1565
device1598
piece1616
auto1670
action1679
natak1826
speakie1921
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 264/1 Ioy, or pley þat begynnythe wythe sorow, and endythe wythe gladnes, comedia. Ioy, or pley þat begynnythe wythe gladnesse, and endythe wythe sorow, tragedia.
b. (See quot. c1600.)
ΚΠ
c1600 J. Dymmok Treat. Ireland (1842) 9 Joye is when their idle men require meat and drinke out of meale tymes..it is as much to say as a benevolence.
9. In various phrases:
a. to have joy of, to be highly pleased or delighted with.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > take joy or delight in [verb (transitive)]
delightc1230
to have joy of1297
joyc1330
enjoy1462
delect1510
to enjoy of?1521
lustc1540
revel1592
luxuriate1653
rollick1848
wallow1876
thrill1935
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 253 Al þe kun þat him iseiȝ adde of him ioye inou.
c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋768 They were so..rauysshed and hadden so greet ioye of hire, that wonder was to telle.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xii. 184 Whan Gawein vndirstode the speche of his brother, he hadde of hym hertely ioye, and moche he hym preysed.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. K1, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) I trust you shall haue ioy of me, and..I doubt not but so to behaue my selfe, that I shall well deserue this good liking..of my maister.
b. to make joy, to rejoice. With indirect object, To give a glad welcome.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)]
fainc888
blissc897
gladc950
hightOE
spilea1000
make mirthc1225
playc1225
gladdena1300
to make joyc1300
joisec1320
joya1325
rejoyc1350
enjoyc1380
to be joyeda1382
mirtha1400
gloryc1400
rejoicec1405
enjoysec1470
triumph1535
exult1593
to take joya1616
gratify1811
tripudiate1891
kvell1940
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome
welcomec1000
faina1300
to make joyc1300
to bid welcomea1400
to bid, wish (a person) welcome (home)a1400
gratulate?1567
bewelcome1582
greet1608
to give (someone) the glad hand1895
glad-hand1895
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1209 Hise children..maden ioie swiþe mikel.
c1320 Cast. Love 1771 in Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. The apostlys and the martiris, The confessors and the virginis, Alle wolle him ioy makyn.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 79/1 Thenne ranne the dogge..and cam home as a messager fawnyng and makyng ioye with hys tail.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C6 Such ioy made Vna, when her knight she found.
c. to take joy, to take pleasure, be glad, rejoice.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)]
fainc888
blissc897
gladc950
hightOE
spilea1000
make mirthc1225
playc1225
gladdena1300
to make joyc1300
joisec1320
joya1325
rejoyc1350
enjoyc1380
to be joyeda1382
mirtha1400
gloryc1400
rejoicec1405
enjoysec1470
triumph1535
exult1593
to take joya1616
gratify1811
tripudiate1891
kvell1940
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 84 Ros. Am not I your Rosalind? Orl. I take some ioy to say you are. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 80 Such As..it should take ioy To see her in your armes. View more context for this quotation
d. to wish (arch. give) one (the) joy of, to express sympathetic joy or give one's good wishes to a person on a happy occasion; to congratulate. Often ironical. Cf. joy v. 5b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > congratulate (a person) [verb (transitive)] > offer congratulations on
gratulate1584
congratulate1587
greet1596
to wish (arch. give) one (the) joy of1600
felicitate1684
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 182 I wish him ioy of her. View more context for this quotation
1631 T. Adams in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 147 I wish you much joy in the execution of that hopefull employment.
1638 W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 277 Sir Christ. Yerlverton gave him first joy of his office.
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 141 Ye Earle having just marry'd his Eldest daughter..there was Company to wishe her joy.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 67 I give you joy, however, of having found out that.
1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. ii. 15 Newcome, my boy..I give you joy.
1885 J. Payn Heir of Ages xlvi You will even go the length of wishing them joy of their bargain.
e. God give you joy, joy go with you, etc., ejaculations expressive of good wishes.
ΚΠ
a1440 Sir Eglam. 608 Syr, yf you yoye of yowre chylde.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 149 So God..gyf me ioy of my chylde!
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 448 God giue thee ioy of him. View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 188 To cry good ioy, good ioy my Lord and Lady. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 525 Ioy to you Mariana. View more context for this quotation
1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 54 Joy to great Chaos! let Division reign.
1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. viii. 145 There we leave her, and joy go with her.

Compounds

C1. Objective and objective genitive.
a.
joy-killer n.
joy-maker n.
ΚΠ
1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 336 To place..the German fools or joy-makers before a foreign public.
b.
joy-bringing adj.
ΚΠ
c1600 F. Davison Psalm cxxv Peace, joy-bringing peace And plentie shall for euer dwell With God's owne chosen Israell.
joy-dispelling adj.
joy-inspiring adj.
ΚΠ
a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 337 The Bacchic dew Of joy-inspiring grapes.
c. Instrumental.
joy-bright adj.
ΚΠ
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination iii. 91 Chief the glance Of wishful envy draws their joy-bright eyes.
joy-deserted adj.
ΚΠ
1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 54 Through all her joy-deserted seats.
joy-encompassed adj.
ΚΠ
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust (Boston ed.) II. iii. 232 The joy-encompassed path of Song.
joy-rapt adj.
joy-resounding adj.
joy-wrung adj.
d.
joy-bereft adj.
ΚΠ
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. ii. 4 Cybell (ioy bereft) And Vesta..Did both lament.
joy-mixt adj.
ΚΠ
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xlvii Oh..fill with pious awe and joy-mixt woe the heart.
e. General attributive. Of or expressing joy.
joy-gift n.
joy-night n.
ΚΠ
1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. i viii. 53 Being invited by them to a joy-night supper—a ‘blow-out’ as they termed it..he decided to go.
1928 Daily Mail 7 Aug. 12/7 It was a ‘joy night’, although many people were still unable to believe that they could..buy a packet of cigarettes openly.
joy-note n.
joy-offering n.
joy-peal n.
ΚΠ
1898 Athenæum 27 Aug. 281/3 No joy-peal was rung.
joy-tear n.
C2.
joy-bells n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] > things used to express rejoicing
joy-bells1808
joy-fire1845
joy-gun1851
society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > other signal bells
moot-bellc1210
guild-bell1555
watch-bell1577
toll-bell1736
joy-bells1808
bear bell1975
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other bells
handbell1494
pull-bell1552
morris bell1560
wire-bell1668
joy-bells1808
sleigh-bell1849
gong1864
gong-bell1864
fairy bells1888
tin-pot1895
1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iv. 98 When now in tune The joy-bells chime.
1894 F. M. Elliot Rom. Gossip i. 6 Every church echoes joy-bells to the deep boom of Saint Peter's.
joy-fire n. [French feu de joie] bells rung, or a bonfire lighted to celebrate a joyful event.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] > things used to express rejoicing
joy-bells1808
joy-fire1845
joy-gun1851
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > immense > for celebration
fire of joy1554
feu de joie1609
tandle1788
bale-fire1810
joy-fire1845
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 93 Old London was..in a blaze with joy-fires.
joy-firing n. lighting of joy-fires; the firing of celebratory shots (cf. feu de joie n. 2).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] > lighting bonfires
joy-firing1864
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing
point and blank1590
false fire1602
potting1613
point-blank1614
running fire1629
pounding1633
bulleting1635
platooning1706
sharp-shot1725
street firing1727
ricochet1740
fire curtain1744
plunging fire1747
reverse fire1758
sniping1773
enfilade1796
rapid fire1800
line-firing1802
concentric1804
sharpshooting1806
rake1810
sniping fire1821
cross-firing1837
file-firing1837
curved fire1854
night firing1856
file-fire1857
volley-firing1859
cross-fire1860
joy-firing1864
snap-shooting1872
stringing1873
pot-shooting1874
indirect fire1879
sweeping1907
rapid1913
curtain of fire1916
ripple1939
ripple-firing1940
ripple fire1961
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. vii. 586 Such a ‘joy-firing’ for Lobositz.
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) cxviii. 627 The shooting he heard was joy-firing.
joy-flight n. an aerial joy-ride.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space > for pleasure
joyride1906
joy-flight1923
1923 Daily Mail 7 Aug. 8/2 The ‘joy flights’ in three-seater Avros, at 5s. a time.
1928 Daily Express 3 July 12 Strict regulations were made against joy-flights during the war.
joy-flying n.
joy-gun n. a gun fired to celebrate a joyful event.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] > things used to express rejoicing
joy-bells1808
joy-fire1845
joy-gun1851
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > signal or ceremonial gun
chamber1540
chamber piece1547
warning-piece1591
alarm gun1706
morning gun1724
larum gun1757
alarm cannon1777
sunset gun1797
warning-gun1830
joy-gun1851
sunrise gun1872
1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. vii. 92 And foiled The joy-guns of their echo.
joy-house n. slang a brothel.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel
houseOE
bordelc1300
whorehousec1330
stew1362
bordel housec1384
stewc1384
stivec1386
stew-house1436
bordelryc1450
brothel house1486
shop?1515
bains1541
common house1545
bawdy-house1552
hothouse1556
bordello1581
brothela1591
trugging house1591
trugging place1591
nunnery1593
vaulting-house1596
leaping house1598
Pickt-hatch1598
garden house1606
vaulting-school1606
flesh-shambles1608
whore-sty1621
bagnioa1640
public house1640
harlot-house1641
warrena1649
academy1650
call house1680
coney burrow1691
case1699
nanny-house1699
house of ill reputea1726
smuggling-ken1725
kip1766
Corinth1785
disorderly house1809
flash-house1816
dress house1823
nanny-shop1825
house of tolerance1842
whore shop1843
drum1846
introducing house1846
khazi1846
fast house1848
harlotry1849
maison de tolérance1852
knocking-shop1860
lupanar1864
assignation house1870
parlour house1871
hook shop1889
sporting house1894
meat house1896
massage parlour1906
case house1912
massage establishment1921
moll-shop1923
camp1925
notch house1926
creep joint1928
slaughterhouse1928
maison de convenance1930
cat-house1931
Bovril1936
maison close1939
joy-house1940
rib joint1940
gaff1947
maison de passe1960
rap parlour1973
1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely iii. 24 I ain't been in a joy house in twenty years.
1970 ‘B. Mather’ Break in Line iii. 43 All right—so you're a sailor in a joy-house with a sore foot.
joy juice n. U.S. slang alcoholic drink.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun]
drink1042
liquor1340
bousea1350
cidera1382
dwale1393
sicera1400
barrelc1400
strong drinkc1405
watera1475
swig1548
tipple1581
amber1598
tickle-brain1598
malt pie1599
swill1602
spicket1615
lap1618
John Barleycornc1625
pottle1632
upsy Englisha1640
upsy Friese1648
tipplage1653
heartsease1668
fuddle1680
rosin1691
tea1693
suck1699
guzzlea1704
alcohol1742
the right stuff1748
intoxicant1757
lush1790
tear-brain1796
demon1799
rum1799
poison1805
fogram1808
swizzle1813
gatter1818
wine(s) and spirit(s)1819
mother's milkc1821
skink1823
alcoholics1832
jough1834
alky1844
waipiro1845
medicine1847
stimulant1848
booze1859
tiddly1859
neck oil1860
lotion1864
shrab1867
nose paint1880
fixing1882
wet1894
rabbit1895
shicker1900
jollop1920
mule1920
giggle-water1929
rookus juice1929
River Ouse1931
juice1932
lunatic soup1933
wallop1933
skimish1936
sauce1940
turps1945
grog1946
joy juice1960
1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 297/2 Joy-juice, liquor.
1974 Black World Mar. 56/2 He could hear the others as in a dream, laughing, telling dirty jokes, playing cards and swizzling joy~juice.
joy-making n. Obsolete merrymaking.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun]
mirthOE
joyc1275
jollitya1300
joy-makingc1330
good fellowship?c1430
wine and womena1450
junketing1555
merrymake1579
gaiety1612
jovialty1621
joviality1626
mirth-making1638
jovialness1658
jollitry?c1685
goodfellowhood1716
merrymaking1779
conviviality1791
jollification1818
making-merry1823
carnivalizing1841
skite1869
Wein, Weib, und Gesang1885
balling1942
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 56 In alle his joy makyng..He felle dede doun colde as any stone.
joy-plank n. a plank leading from the stage to the audience in a theatre, for the use of performers.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > plank or ramp
runway1888
joy-plank1924
1924 Illustr. London News 27 Dec. 1265/2 The picture of the Grand Ballet at Florence in 1616..shows a method of presentation which was in vogue here in Revues a year or two ago, and is still continued in the Cabarets; performers leaving the stage by means of steps and ‘joy-planks’.
1970 J. B. Priestley Edwardians iii. 247 (caption) Shirley Kellogg leading the chorus along the joy plank in Hullo Ragtime! at the London Hippodrome in 1912.
joy-pop n. [back-formation] (an inhalation or injection of) a drug.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a dose of
jolt1916
bhang1922
charge1929
fix1934
fix-up1934
joy-pop1939
hit1951
spoon1968
1939 Detective Fiction Weekly 18 Mar. 59/1 If you should happen to hear anybody speaking of a suey~pow or a joy-pop or of gowing out the lemon bowl,..bring him right here.
1951 Time 26 Feb. 24/3 A sniff of heroin is a ‘snort of horse’, and an injection under the skin a ‘joy pop’.
1954 I. Beckhardt & W. Brown Violators viii. 238 Every now and then he would ‘joy-pop’ (take an occasional injection) but he thought he could avoid the ‘hook’ (addiction) by ‘spacing his shots’.
1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed v. 41 I take a joy-pop once in a while.
1964 D. Warner Death of Dreamer i. i. 8 Each junkie is taking an average of twenty joy-pops a day. The joy-pops are sold in one-grain packets, called decks by the junkies.
joy-pop v. (intransitive) .
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)]
sleigh-ride1845
drug1893
dope1909
to hit the gong, gow, stuff1933
use1951
to get down1952
to turn on1954
goof1962
joy-pop1962
to drop acid1966
1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed vii. 51 So you're handling a bit of hot stuff as well as joy-popping?
joy-popper n. slang (originally U.S.) an occasional taker of illegal drugs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user
drug-taker1800
sleigh-rider1833
abuser1847
user1935
joy-popper1936
popper1967
substance abuser1967
1936Joy-popper [see joy-popping n.].
1949 N. Algren Man with Golden Arm i. 24 They called those using the stuff only occasionally ‘joy-poppers’ and wished them all great joy. For the ‘joy-poppers’ had no intention of becoming addicts in the true sense.
1972 J. Brown Chancer ii. 30 The weekend ravers and joy-poppers..for whom smoke and amphetamines alone were not enough.
joy-popping n.
ΚΠ
1936 Amer. Speech 11 123/1 Joy-popper, a person, not a confirmed addict, who indulges in an occasional shot of dope. However, joy-popping is usually the beginning of a permanent addiction. If the joy-popper has trouble establishing the desire and pleasure from indulging it, he is called a student.
joy-sop n. Obsolete a sop made by dipping cake in wine.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread dish > [noun] > sops > a sop
sopa1000
wine-sop14..
milksopa1475
water-sopa1500
honeysop?a1513
sippet1530
sipping1535
sup1543
miser1594
sop in the pana1625
joy-sop1648
soppet1664
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Bb4v Let us make Joy-sops with the cake.
joy-weed n. a plant of the genus Alternanthera (Miller Plant-n. 1884).
joy-wheel n. a form of amusement consisting of either (a) a gigantic wheel-shaped structure, as on a fairground, on which passengers are carried in cars rotating round the axis, or (b) (see quot. 1954).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round
carousel1673
whimsic chair?c1684
whimsy1684
merry-go-round1729
roundabout1763
turnabout1789
whirligig1816
spin-'em-round1851
go-round1857
whirly-go-round1865
merry-go-around1873
giddy-go-round1879
go-around1888
razzle-dazzle1890
joy-wheel1911
chairoplane1922
whip1925
Noah's Ark1945
waltzer1961
swirl1962
society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > wheel
Ferris wheel1892
big wheel1893
joy-wheel1911
1911 Oxf. Times 9 Sept. 10/6 A new form of amusement to Oxford, known as the ‘Joy Wheel’.
1925 Brit. Empire Exhib. Official Guide 168 Over the Falls; Joy Wheel; House of Nonsense.
1942 ‘M. Innes’ Daffodil Affair i. i. 7 Perhaps twenty times it passed to and fro, as if outside some great joy-wheel were oscillating idly in a derelict amusement park.
1954 Engineer 27 Aug. 282/2 A once-popular novelty, now obsolete, was the ‘Joywheel’, or ‘Devil's Disc’. This consisted of a power-driven spinning disc, slightly domed and having a smooth surface. It was surrounded by a stationary padded circular platform, which in turn was surrounded by a padded wall. Riders sat on the disc while it was stationary and, as it accelerated, were eventually thrown off against the padding.
1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 65 A panoramic ‘Joy Wheel’ using kinetoscope effects to create the illusion of a race between motor-car and train.

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Proverb. no joy without alloy (also annoy): there is a trace of trouble or difficulty in every pleasure; cf. alloy n. 6, annoy n. 1. Now rare.
ΚΠ
1596 A. Pryntz tr. Treasure Soule ii. i. 175 Dost thou not remember the common prouerbe. There is no gaine without paine, No ioy without annoy.
1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 109 No joy without annoy.
1724 Love upon Tick 25 How precarious is humane Felicity! No Joy without Alloy.
1840 Ladies' Garland 3 102/1 There's no joy without alloy.
1876 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 13 Nov. Earth knows no joy without annoy.
1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel iii. 67 He has to put up with certain disadvantages, of course; there is no joy without alloy.
1952 ‘P. L. Travers’ Mary Poppins in Park v. 153 ‘Alas, alas!’ muttered Mr. Mo. ‘No rose without a thorn! No joy without annoy!’
1970 Anderson (Indiana) Herald 7 Nov. 4/2 American Saying: There is no joy without alloy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

joyv.

Brit. /dʒɔɪ/, U.S. /dʒɔɪ/
Forms: Middle English–1500s ioyen, Middle English ioie(n, Middle English–1600s ioye, ioy, (Middle English ioi), 1600s joye, 1600s– joy.
Etymology: Middle English < Old French joir to rejoice, enjoy, welcome, etc., French jouir = Provençal gaudir, gauzir, jauzir < popular Latin *gaudīre = Latin gaudēre to rejoice.
1. reflexive. To experience joy; to find or take pleasure; to enjoy oneself; to rejoice. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > take pleasure or enjoy oneself [verb (reflexive)]
likeOE
joyc1260
litea1300
to please to oneselfa1382
relish1580
contentc1600
complease1604
pleasurea1640
enjoy1653
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > be joyful or delighted [verb (reflexive)]
delight?c1225
joyc1260
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (reflexive)]
blissc1175
joyc1260
joisec1320
glad1340
rejoicec1400
enjoysec1470
c1260 Somer is comen in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 100 This day beginniz to longe, And this foules everichon joye hem wit songe.
1614 G. Meriton Christian Mans Assuring House 13 To joy our selves in things uncertaine is but an induction of griefe.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 517. ¶2 He has ne'er joyed himself since.
2.
a. intransitive. To feel or manifest joy; to be glad; to rejoice, exult. Occasionally with it or cognate object.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)]
fainc888
blissc897
gladc950
hightOE
spilea1000
make mirthc1225
playc1225
gladdena1300
to make joyc1300
joisec1320
joya1325
rejoyc1350
enjoyc1380
to be joyeda1382
mirtha1400
gloryc1400
rejoicec1405
enjoysec1470
triumph1535
exult1593
to take joya1616
gratify1811
tripudiate1891
kvell1940
a1325 Prose Psalter xl[i]. 12 Myn enemy ne shal nouȝt ioien up me.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17976 Wiþ cry þei ioyeden euerychone.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 387/1 Al the celestyal courte ioyed and songen thys verce.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xliv. 147 I shall neuer ioy in my herte vnto the tyme I haue slayne the.
?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 422 Ah, the poore rascall, never ioyd it since.
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles i. i To ioy one ioy, and thinke both one thought, Liue both one life.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 37 So joys a Lion if the branching Deer Or Mountain Goat, his bulky Prize, appear.
1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird xxiv She had..sympathised and sorrowed and joyed with them.
b. To rejoice or delight: const. in (†of, at, with), to do something, or with clause.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > make joyful or delighted [verb (transitive)]
blissa1000
faina1300
joy1303
delighta1382
rejoya1393
forblissa1400
gleea1400
rejoicec1425
blymc1440
delect1510
take?1553
gladden1558
oblectate1611
beglada1617
deliciate1633
delectate1647
to set (a person) cock-a-hoop1652
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1990 Makayre ioyede þat þey were so stable.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter v. 14 Ioy sall all in þe þat lufis þi name.
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. iii. 66 Þei ioy more at vanyte þan þou at trouþe.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lxxxii. sig. Ffijv/2 Some bestys Ioye of theyr owne colours.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 537 in Poems (1981) 24 Prydefull he wes, and ioyit of his sin.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. iv. f. xiv If they do repent, it is to be ioyed at.
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. K8v I ioy my Lord, your highnesse is so strong.
1668 J. Child Brief Observ. Trade 36 This is sufficient to make us little to joy in Forreigners Money.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 345 O my good old Acquaintances, said I..I joy to see you.
1824 W. Howitt Poet's Thoughts Interment Byron vi. 6 Back to the scenes in which he early joyed.
c. Astrology. Of a planet: see joy n. 7.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > influence [verb (intransitive)] > joy
joy1658
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Joyes of the Planets, are when they are in those houses where they are most powerful and strong, as Saturn joyeth in Scorpio.
1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. Joys of the Planets..Every planet, according to Ptolemy, is in his joy when another is dignified in any of his dignities... They are also said in modern astrology to have their joys in certain houses according to their nature, whether good or evil, thus ♄ joys in the 12th, ♃ in the 11th.
1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 311 Cogent reasons are given why the planets should joy in these houses rather than others.
d. transitive. To rejoice at. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice over or at [verb (transitive)]
overjoya1382
rejoicec1425
to roll in ——?a1500
joy1596
to roll into ——1602
congratulatea1631
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlv. 215 Edward Duke of Buckingham, whose end That Prelate ioyde, the people moend.
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iv. sig. G2v Thou shalt not ioy his death.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs xv. 86 I joy it, and I thinke it self does so.
3. transitive. To fill with joy; to gladden, delight.
a. quasi-impersonal: with of or clause. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 12110 The syxte grace of shryfte to neuene Hyt ioyeth alle þe court of heuene.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 214 It Ioyes me, Iason, of þi iust werkes.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. F3v It ioyes me that such men..Should lay their liking on this base estate.
1651 Cromwell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 366 It joyes mee to heere thy soule prospereth.
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent i. i. 320 It joys my heart that I have found you.
b. With ordinary subject. archaic.
ΚΠ
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 68 God wol be man, Mankend to save, and that joyth me.
1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 13v For his sake that ioyed vs al with his birth.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 2 Sept. (1974) VIII. 413 Which did mightily joy me.
1807 Salmagundi 25 Apr. 185 Oh, how these strangers joy'd my sight.
1845 A. M. Hall Whiteboy I. ix. 149 The barrel was..smooth enough to joy the heart of a Red Indian.
c. passive. to be joyed, to be rejoiced or delighted, to find joy or delight. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > be joyful or delighted [verb (intransitive)]
playc1225
delightc1330
to be joyeda1382
to jump over the moon1718
regale1814
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)]
fainc888
blissc897
gladc950
hightOE
spilea1000
make mirthc1225
playc1225
gladdena1300
to make joyc1300
joisec1320
joya1325
rejoyc1350
enjoyc1380
to be joyeda1382
mirtha1400
gloryc1400
rejoicec1405
enjoysec1470
triumph1535
exult1593
to take joya1616
gratify1811
tripudiate1891
kvell1940
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxv. 10 A man that is ioȝid [L. jucundatur, a1425 L.V. is myrie] in sones lyuende.
1486 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 53 Gretely gladdit and joyed of the commyng of his moost riall persone.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 273 How joied we are that so good event hath followed.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xix. 165 I am joy'd The counsel you have given us to hear.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. 355 My soul was joy'd in vain, For angry Neptune rouz'd the raging main.
4. To derive enjoyment from; to possess or use with enjoyment; to enjoy. †Formerly, also, in weaker sense, To have the use or benefit of: = enjoy v. 4, joise v. 2.
a. transitive. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)] > possess and use or enjoy
joyc1330
to fare witha1340
rejoicea1375
joisea1400
rejoy?1455
wear1573
undergo1604
the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased with [verb (transitive)] > take pleasure in or enjoy
likeOE
joyc1330
love1340
fruishc1450
enjoy1462
to enjoy of?1521
to have the honour1525
relish1580
jouise1598
taste1605
palate1609
to get a kick out of1928
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > take joy or delight in [verb (transitive)]
delightc1230
to have joy of1297
joyc1330
enjoy1462
delect1510
to enjoy of?1521
lustc1540
revel1592
luxuriate1653
rollick1848
wallow1876
thrill1935
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > have beneficial use of
nitteeOE
brookOE
joyc1330
takea1400
enjoyc1460
to enjoy of?1521
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 47 A forward fast þai bond Þat ich aman schul ioien his.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 77 He schal ioi it as his oune.
?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Avjv I graunt the Codrus, to ioye my armony.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y3v Him succeeded Marius, Who ioyd his dayes in great tranquillity.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1166 Who might have liv'd and joyd immortal bliss. View more context for this quotation
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 561 I will be there, And, join'd by thee, intend to joy the Fair.
1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man iv. 282 He was at home, with the things he joyed.
b. intransitive with of. (F. jouir de.) Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. viii. sig. t.ii Who so useth, or ioyeth wyttyngly of letters, or of graces so graunted.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.ivv Yf that age was glorious in ioyeng of his persone, no lesse it is to vs to ioye of his doctrines.
1564 Briefe Exam. *iv b Howe lytle we shall ioy of them, and vse them.
5.
a. transitive. To salute or greet with expressions of joy, welcome, or honour; in early use, to give glory to, glorify, extol. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)]
heryc735
mickleeOE
loveOE
praise?c1225
upraisea1300
alosec1300
commenda1340
allow1340
laud1377
lose1377
avauntc1380
magnifya1382
enhancea1400
roosea1400
recommendc1400
recommanda1413
to bear up?a1425
exalt1430
to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445
laudifyc1470
gloryc1475
advance1483
to bear out1485
prizec1485
to be or to have in laudationa1500
joya1500
extol1509
collaud1512
concend?1521
solemnize?1521
celebrate1522
stellify1523
to set up1535
well-word1547
predicate1552
glorify1557
to set forth1565
admire1566
to be up with1592
voice1594
magnificate1598
plaud1598
concelebrate1599
encomionize1599
to con laud1602
applauda1616
panegyrize1617
acclamate1624
to set offa1625
acclaim1626
raise1645
complement1649
encomiate1651
voguec1661
phrase1675
to set out1688
Alexander1700
talk1723
panegyricize1777
bemouth1799
eulogizea1810
rhapsodize1819
crack up1829
rhapsody1847
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > greet or salute > with expressions of joy or honour
joya1500
ave1611
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxix. 579 ‘Sir’, seide Merlin, ‘I wolde ye dide ioy and honour these lordes that here be assembled to diffende youre reame’.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxvv If thou laudest & ioyest any wight, for he is stuffed with suche maner richesse.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires i. 11 Met by his trembling Wife, returning Home, And Rustically Joy'd, as Chief of Rome.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 489 The faithful servant joy'd his unknown Lord.
b. To give or wish (a person) joy of something; to congratulate. Const. of (in). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > congratulate (a person) [verb (transitive)]
faina1300
joy1483
congratulate1548
gratulate1598
felicitate1638
compliment1718
to slap (someone) on the back1908
1483 Cath. Angl. 197/2 To Ioy,..coletari..congaudere, gratari.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 885 Embassadours from their neighbour princes, came to joy them of this victorie.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 22 Aug. (1970) I. 228 In the House..I met with Mr. G. Mountague and joyed him in his entrance [as M.P.] for Dover.
1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iv. i. 1578 I come to joy you of a Crown.
c. intransitive. To offer honour or salutation to. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1482 Monk of Evesham 47 Then this goldsmyth..wyth an enarrabulle gestur and behauing of gladnes ioyde to my leder and..ofte bowde done al hys body worshippyng and greting hym with innumerable thankys.
6. transitive. To convert into joy. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > make joyful or delighted [verb (transitive)] > convert into joy
joy1645
1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) ix. 105 To the saints..hell (to speak so), is heavened, sorrow joyed.

Derivatives

joyed adj. /dʒɔɪd/ [compare Old French joï rejoiced, delighted] rejoiced, delighted; †taking delight in.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > joyful at or on account of something
gladc950
jocund?a1400
joyed1491
delighting1601
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective]
fainc888
gladlyc1000
golikc1175
gladful?c1225
joyfulc1290
joyousc1315
merryc1380
well begonea1425
frikec1430
rejoiced1533
delightful1534
rejoiceful1538
blitheful1559
gladded1569
blithelike1570
delighted1581
lighted1596
delighting1601
joyed1640
enjoying1651
gladdened1729
glad1799
like (or proud as) a dog with two tails1829
joyant1834
bird-blithe1917
gassed1941
enthralled1944
1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 15 Persones of evyll riotous and sedicious dispositions joyed in rumor and rebellious novelries.
1640 Lady Goring in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. IV. 150 Truly hee waes the Most Ioyed man in the World.
1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. ii Put on your best array; Let the joy'd road make holy-day.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 9 Each varied charm how joy'd would he pursue.
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