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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Joyous \Joy"ous\, a. [OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See
     Joy.]
     Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy;
     with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Is this your joyous city?                --Is. xxiii.
                                                    7.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           And joyous of our conquest early won.    --Dryden.
  
     Syn: Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful;
          sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming;
          delightful. -- Joy"ous*ly, adv. -- Joy"ous*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Joyous \Joy"ous\, a. [OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See
     Joy.]
     Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy;
     with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.
  
           Is this your joyous city?                --Is. xxiii.
                                                    7.
  
           They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --Spenser.
  
           And joyous of our conquest early won.    --Dryden.
  
     Syn: Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful;
          sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming;
          delightful. -- Joy"ous*ly, adv. -- Joy"ous*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  joyousness
       n : the emotion of great happiness [syn: joy, joyfulness]
           [ant: sorrow]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  joyousness
     n.
     The state of being joyous.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  joyousness
     n.
     The state of being joyous.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  joyousness
     n.
     The state of being joyous.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  joyousness
     n.
     The state of being joyous.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  joyousness'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst joyousness)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Joyousness /dʒˈɔɪəsnəs/
  البهجة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  joyousness /dʒˈɔɪəsnəs/ 
  veselost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  joyousness /dʒˈɔɪəsnəs/
  Freude 

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 快乐;快活;高兴

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