exultancyn.
/ɛɡˈzʌltənsi/ Exultant state or condition; an instance of the same; exultation, gladness, transport, triumph.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun]
mirthOE
gladdingc1000
man-dreamOE
gleea1200
joyingc1300
rejoyingc1350
gloryingc1384
joya1400
mirthinga1400
rejoicingc1400
exultationc1425
rejoice1445
joyousitiea1450
solation1483
festivitya1500
rejoicement1523
jubilee1526
joyance1590
insolence1595
exiliency1618
exilience1626
exultancy1632
ovation1649
exultance1650
exulting1744
jubilance1864
jubilancy1894
1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) iii. ii. iii. 542 Ioyes, comforts, exultancies.
a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) viii. 130 Always upon terms of spiritual exultancy.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1847 Ld. Lindsay Sketches Hist. Christian Art I. 109 Fiery and almost fierce in their exultancy.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. i. 5 A trace of airy exuberance, of natural exultancy.
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