joyance

English - English

Definition of joyance in English English dictionary

Enjoyment, joy, delight

And on a great blooming laurel-bush the mocking-bird sang, heedless of the darkness to come, heedless of the day gone by, possessed by its fervor of music that made gloom light and all life a joyance .

{i} joy, happiness (Archaic)

Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness

joyancy

Hyphenation

joy·ance

Etymology

() Apparently coined by Spenser, from joy +‎ -ance.