JOYANCE

Etymology

Noun

joyance (countable and uncountable, plural joyances)

(archaic, poetic) Enjoyment, joy, delight.

Anagrams

• Jayceon, Jayoncé, Joycean

Source: Wiktionary


Joy"ance, n. Etym: [OF. joiance.]

Definition: Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness. Spenser. Some days of joyance are decreed to all. Byron. From what hid fountains doth thy joyance flow Trench.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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