joyward

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adverb

Towards joy.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 21
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Meanings

adverbjoyward (not comparable)
  1. literarynot comparableTowards joy.First known use 19th c.

    Because her heart as our own heart, / Knowing the same wild upward stir, / Beats joyward by eternal laws, / We must arise and go with her;

    1894 March 15 [1893 January 25], Bliss Carman, “The Pensioners”, in Low Tide on Grand Pré, 2nd edition, Stone and Kimball, page 32

Origin

From joy + -ward.

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Chicago

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