joyancy

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English

Etymology

From joy +‎ -ancy.

Noun

joyancy (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of joyance (joy, enjoyment)
    • 1881, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences:
      One heard too, often enough, that in Irving there was visible a certain joyancy and frankness of triumph[.]

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