Meanings
adjectivejoylike (comparative more joylike, superlative most joylike)
comparative more joylike · superlative most joylike
- Similar to or resembling joy.
There heav'n's glimpse, with lightning's scorch alarms, His heart portending beats with blighting storms; If revels e'er produce a joylike dream, 'Tis like the foam upon th' impetuous stream,Seen but to vanish in the grasping river, The memory saved,—the rest is lost for ever!
1854, Daniel Cronin, Poems - Page 9
Origin
- Englishjoy
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishjoylike
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