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Webster 1913 Edition
Joyous
Joy′ous
,Adj.
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.
Joy′ous-ly
, adv.
Joy′ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Joyous
JOY'OUS
,Adj.
Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs
Whispered it.
1.
Giving joy. They, all as glad as birds of joyous prime--
It has of, before the cause of joy.
And joyous of our conquest early won.