joyance
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of joyance
1580–90; joy + -ance (coined by Spenser in his Faerie Queene )
Example Sentences
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Their joyance was not in their official capacity, for there were still troublous times in the Sandwich Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the joyance of the Doles could not be extinguished by such considerations, for to them had been born a son christened Sanford Ballard Dole.
From Time Magazine Archive
Me rather, bright guests! with your wings of upbuoyance Bear aloft to your homes, to your banquets of joyance, That the roofs of Olympus may echo my lyre!
From A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Byron, May Clarissa Gillington
O my beloved! let everything be a joyance to us: it will, if we will.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
With thy clear, keen joyance Languor cannot be; Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee; Thou lovest, but ne’er knew love’s sad satiety.
From Graded Memory Selections by Hughes, Charles C.
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