Meanings
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1
adj
full of or characterized by joy
I felt a joyous abandon being naked on the beach.
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2
adj
Full of joy; happy.
I want to go on a mountain top / With a radio and good batteries / To play a joyous tune and / Free the human race / From suffering.
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Forms
joyouslyjoyousness
Etymology
From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.