jouisance

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English

Noun

jouisance (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of jouissance.
    • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: , London: Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, , →OCLC:
      Colin, my dear, when shall it please thee sing,
      As thou wert wont, songs of some jouisance?
    • 1581, George Peele, The Arraignment of Paris:
      And for our country gods, I dare be bold,
      They make such cheer, your presence to behold,
      Such jouisance, such mirth, and merriment []