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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Is this your joyous city? Is. xxiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
And joyous of our conquest early won. Dryden.
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