Meanings
- nonstandardrareuncountableThe quality, condition, or state of joy.
Fret not, old pal, when you are sore At things which rob you of your joyhood.
1919, Locomotive Engineers Journal3 more examples
Green grove of Clifton! though vanished our boyhood, We'll visit your glade in some fair eve of June; Yet lingers the spirit which brightened life's joyhood, […]
1853, Edward HIND, Spencer Timothy Hall, PoemsPrevious to his beginning to speak, the whole of that great crowd of spirits was moving about, talking, laughing, etc., but while he spoke there was a holy calm, a perfect silence resting on the scene. Joyhood ceased its laugh, the brook staid its murmur, […]
1898, John Worth Edmonds, George T. Dexter, SpiritualismSymptom five — just like the others: Oh, it's fishing time, my brothers, When the fever, all a-sudden, Makes us think of lilacs buddin', And the heart turns back to boyhood With its honeyed days of joyhood!
1911, Folger McKinsey, Songs of the Daily Life
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Cite this entry
joyhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyhood
“joyhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyhood. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “joyhood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyhood.
Source: joyhood on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.