Definition of Joyance

1. n. Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness.

Definition of Joyance

1. Noun. (archaic poetic) Enjoyment, joy, delight. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Joyance

1. gladness [n -S] - See also: gladness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyance

jowlers
jowlier
jowliest
jowliness
jowlinesses
jowling
jowls
jowly
jows
jowter
jowters
joy
joy buzzer
joy ride
joy riding
joyance (current term)
joyances
joyancy
joyed
joyful
joyfull
joyfuller
joyfullest
joyfully
joyfulness
joyfulnesses
joygasm
joygasms
joying
joyless

Literary usage of Joyance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Keble's Lectures on Poetry, 1832-1841 by John Keble (1912)
"... and especially the Triumphal Procession (KG/ios): this is a field on which Pindar delighted to expatiate, for it was full of splendour and joyance, ..."

2. Music (1894)
"But, alas! no such artist could be found to shape a ' Harp of joyance,' ... All the people from the islands gathered about it to see the ''Harp of joyance. ..."

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