Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - joy
Joy
joy
n. & v. --n. 1 (often foll. by at, in) a vivid emotion of pleasure; extreme gladness. 2 a thing that causes joy. 3 Brit. colloq. satisfaction, success (got no joy). --v. esp. poet. 1 intr. rejoice. 2 tr. gladden. Phrases and idioms joy-bells bells rung on festive occasions. wish a person joy of iron. be gladly rid of (what that person has to deal with). Derivatives joyless adj. joylessly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF joie ult. f. L gaudium f. gaudere rejoice
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French joie, from Latin gaudia, plural of gaudium, from gaudēre to rejoice; probably akin to Greek gēthein to rejoice Date: 13th century 1. the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires ; delight, the expression or exhibition of such emotion ; gaiety, a state of happiness or felicity ; bliss, a source or cause of delight, ~less adjective ~lessly adverb ~lessness noun II. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb to experience great pleasure or delight ; rejoice, transitive verb gladden, en~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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