Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JOY, v.i.

To rejoice; to be glad; to exult. I will joy in the God of my salvation. Hab. iii.

JOY, v.t.

1. To give joy to; to congratulate; to entertain kindly.
2. To gladden; to exhilarate. My soul was joyed in vain. Pope.
3. [Fr. jouir.] To enjoy; to have or possess with pleasure, or to have pleasure in the possession of. [Little used. See Enjoy.] Milton. Dryden.

JOY'ANCE, n. [Old Fr. joiant.]

Gayety; festivity. [Obs.] Spenser.

JOY'ED, pp.

Gladdened; enjoyed.

JOY'FUL, a.

Full of joy; very glad; exulting. My soul shall be joyful in my God. Is. lxi. Rarely it has of before the cause of joy. Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. Pope.

JOY'FUL-LY, adv.

With joy; gladly. Never did men more joyfully obey. Dryden.

JOY'FUL-NESS, n.

Great gladness; joy. Deut. xxviii.

JOY'ING, ppr.

Gladdening; giving joy to.

JOY-IN-SPIR-ING, a.

Inspiring joy. Bowing.

JOY'LESS, a.

1. Destitute of joy; wanting joy. With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. Dryden. Rarely followed by of; as, joyless of the grove. Dryden.
2. Giving no joy or pleasure. A joyless, dismal, black, and sorrowful issue. Shak.

JOY'LESS-LY, adv.

Without joy.

JOY'LESS-NESS, n.

State of being joyless. Donne.

JOY'OUS, a. [Fr. joyeux.]

1. Glad; gay; merry; joyful. Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whispered it. Milton.
2. Giving joy. They, all as glad as birds of joyous prime. Spenser. It has of, before the cause of joy. And joyous of our conquest early won. Dryden.

JOY'OUS-LY, adv.

With joy or gladness.

JOY'OUS-NESS, n.

The state of being joyous.

JUB, n.

A bottle or vessel. [Obs.] Chaucer.

JU'BI-LANT, a. [L. jubilans. See Jubilee.]

Uttering songs of triumph; rejoicing; shouting with joy. While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. Milton.

JU-BI-LA-TE, n. [L.]

The third Sunday after Easter.

JU-BI-LA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. jubilatio. See Jubilee.]

The act of declaring triumph.

JU'BI-LEE, n. [Fr. jubilé; L. jubilum, from jubilo, to shout for joy; Sp. jubilco; It. giubbileo; Heb. {foreign} or {foreign}, the blast of a trumpet, coinciding with Eng. bawl, peal, L. pello.]

1. Among the Jews, every fiftieth year, being the year following the revolution of seven weeks of years, at which time all the slaves were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period, reverted to their former owners. This was a time of great rejoicing. Hence,
2. A season of great public joy and festivity. Milton.
3. A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, in which the pope grants plenary indulgence to sinners, or to as many as seat the churches of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome. Encyc.

JU-CUND'I-TY, n. [L. jucunditas, from jucundus, sweet, pleasant.]

Pleasantness; agreeableness. [Little used.] Brown.

JU-DA'IC, or JU-DA'IC-AL, a.

Pertaining to the Jews.

JU-DA'IC-AL-LY, adv.

After the Jewish manner. Milton.

JU'DA-ISM, n. [Fr. judaisme, from Judah, whence Jew.]

1. The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews, as enjoined in the laws of Moses. Judaism was a temporary dispensation.
2. Conformity to the Jewish rites and ceremonies. Encyc.

JU-DA-I-ZATION, n.

A conforming to the Jewish religion or ritual. Southey.