overjoyous

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See also: over-joyous and over joyous

English

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Etymology

over- +‎ joyous

Adjective

overjoyous (comparative more overjoyous, superlative most overjoyous)

  1. (rare) Extremely happy or celebratory; overjoyed.
    • 1834, William Alexander Caruthers, The Cavaliers of Virginia, page 146:
      Now and then a note from the bugle of some overjoyous youths as he entered the forest, brought a frown upon the brow of old Congo.
    • 1848, George Payne Rainsford James, Beauchamp: Or, The Error, Volume 3, page 209:
      Sir John when he heard it was over-joyous.
    • 1857, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, First Book:
      I, Aurora Leigh, was born
      To make my father sadder, and myself
      Not overjoyous, truly.
    • 1900, Stewart Edward White, chapter 19, in The Westerners:
      Sometimes there was a celebration. One or two members of the little community were inclined to become a trifle over joyous too often for their health.
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