单词 | out-joy |
释义 | out-joyv. rare before the late19th cent. transitive. To surpass or exceed in joyfulness. ΚΠ 1646 J. Caryl Ioy Out-joyed 22 Had we this power to cast out Devils in kinde, our joy would quickly over-joy it, unlesse we have learned to out-joy it. 1893 Unity (Chicago) 10 Aug. 286/2 Her voice—O, that it might speak to me now!..her laughing love outjoying for me every other thing on earth. 1912 Our Boys (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) Jan. 10/2 The joys of Whittier's barefoot boy were out-joyed, for in addition to his many pleasures were the games which can only be played when a bunch of boys get together. 1969 J. Pollock Apostle xvii. 108 Christians must outlove, outjoy, outthink and always welcome those who opposed them. 1988 F. McClung in J. E. Kyle Urban Mission vii. 85 We outjoyed the joy that they had known in the world. 2005 W. D. Snodgrass tr. B. de Ventadorn in R. Kehew Lark in Morning 79 Joy quite surrounds me; I live joy-possessed Yet here's one joy that outjoys all the rest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1646 |
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