单词 | joy |
释义 | joyn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. 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. 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: 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Draft additions September 2012 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.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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1225v.c1260 |
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