joy

Definitions


[dʒɔɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a feeling of great pleasure and happiness
(e.g: tears of joy)


Phrases:
- be full of the joys of spring
- wish someone joy

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French joie, based on Latin gaudium, from gaudere ‘rejoice’


[dʒɔɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- rejoice
(e.g: I felt shame that I had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain)


Phrases:
- be full of the joys of spring
- wish someone joy

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French joie, based on Latin gaudium, from gaudere ‘rejoice’




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