Hypertext Webster Gateway: "joyous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Joyous \Joy"ous\, a. [OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See
{Joy}.]
Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy;
with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.
Is this your joyous city? --Is. xxiii.
7.
They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --Spenser.
And joyous of our conquest early won. --Dryden.
Syn: Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful;
sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming;
delightful. -- {Joy"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
joyous
adj 1: full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"
[ant: {joyless}]
2: full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart";
"a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter"
[syn: {joyful}]
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