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Middle French
Etymology
Old French joie, from Old Occitan joia, from Late Latin gaudia, from Classical Latin gaudium
Noun
ioye f (plural ioyes)
- joy; elation
- (euphemistic) orgasm
1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 61:si s'entrefirent si grande ioye que a peine ie la vous sauroye nombrer- then they gave each other so many joys that I would hardly be able to tell you how many
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