joyancy

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A form of joyance — Enjoyment, joy, delight.

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Meanings

nounjoyancy (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of joyance (“joy, enjoyment”).

    One heard too, often enough, that in Irving there was visible a certain joyancy and frankness of triumph[.]

    1881, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences

Origin

From joy + -ancy.

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APA

joyancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyancy

MLA

“joyancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “joyancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyancy.

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