单词 | joyful |
释义 | joyfuladj. 1. Of persons, their feelings, etc.: Full of joy; having and showing a lively sense of pleasure or satisfaction; elated with gladness, delighted. †Formerly const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] fainc888 gladlyc1000 golikc1175 gladful?c1225 joyfulc1290 joyousc1315 merryc1380 well begonea1425 frikec1430 rejoiced1533 delightful1534 rejoiceful1538 blitheful1559 gladded1569 blithelike1570 delighted1581 lighted1596 delighting1601 joyed1640 enjoying1651 gladdened1729 glad1799 like (or proud as) a dog with two tails1829 joyant1834 bird-blithe1917 gassed1941 enthralled1944 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. l. 50/112 Ȝeot was heore heorte glad, and Ioyful, þo huy him founde. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 288 Were I at yow by-ȝonde þise wawez, I were a Ioyful Iueler. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xcix. [c.] 1 O be ioyfull in God (all ye londes). c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 974 Medea the mayden..Was ioyfull of Iason, aioynit hym to. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 50 A ioyfull mother of two goodly sonnes. View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 75 Polimero taking him..for the Admirall, was the joyfullest man in the world. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 72 Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 87 He passed the night happy and joyful on account of his recovery. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. i. 20 Ah, Monsieur, they are all joyful to receive you. 2. Of action, speech, looks, etc.: Expressing or manifesting joy; indicative of gladness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > expressive of joy (of looks or actions) gladOE joyousc1315 joyfula1400 gladsomea1420 merrya1425 gratulant1471 cock-a-hoop1826 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 20516 He..saide til ham wiþ ioiful steyuen comis wiþ me. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxiii. 5 When my mouth prayseth the with ioyfull lippes. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxvi. 1 Make a ioyfull noise vnto God, all yee lands. View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 68 Being the first time that a joyfull looke was seene in that Court, sithence the departure of the Princesse. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 277 He was received..amidst the joyful acclamations of almost all Italy. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Captain 30 Then the Captain's colour heighten'd, Joyful came his speech. 3. Of things, events, etc.: Fraught with, attended by, or causing joy; gladsome, delightful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective] hightlyOE delitec1225 joyful1297 delightablec1300 delicatea1382 gladsomec1386 gladdingc1394 delightfula1400 deliciousc1400 delectablec1415 delighting?a1425 delitousa1425 ravishingc1430 joyous1475 delightsomec1484 wealthlya1500 delectary?c1500 sunny1565 sunshine1594 delighted1595 heartsome1596 joysome1616 gladdening1729 scrum1877 heartthrob1907 dilly1909 delish1915 zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 786 Nere neuere king ne quene glad wanne hii him seie Ac to þe Ioiuol day hopede wanne he ssolde deie. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) ix. 34 He was putt oute of þat ioyfull place. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxvi. 232 All thynges and wethers fallen to me ioyfull and lykyng and gladsum. a1592 H. Smith Serm. Luke xix. 6, in Wks. (1867) II. 158 This was the joyfullest news that ever came to Zaccheus's house. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Earl of Rochester 143 It was one of the joyfullest things that befe him. a1808 R. Hurd Serm. Rev. xix. 10, in Wks. (1811) V. 24 Contemplating with grateful admiration so joyful a state of things. 4. O (or oh) be joyful, an alcoholic drink. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of strong drink?1490 drink1535 whiff1605 tip1612 wet1719 swilla1731 booze1732 slug1756 whitter1786 intoxication1799 O (or oh) be joyful1823 sneezer1823 north-wester1830 drain1836 damp1837 smile1839 snifter1844 liquor1860 rosiner1871 tiddlywink1880 bevvy1889 gargle1889 snort1889 jolt1904 smahan1914 tincture1914 taste1919 piss1925 drinkie1947 smash1959 shant1960 1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) O be joyful, good liquor; brandy. Sea term. 1830 Greensborough (N. Carolina) Patriot 4 Aug. 4/2 They didn't come to, till the old woman and her darter poured some o be joy full down their throates. 1846 L. Crawford Hist. White Mts. iv. 45 I was loaded..with a plenty of what some call..‘O-be-joyful’. 1865 London Jrnl. 8 Apr. 222/3 Like a great many other clever fellows, he was too much addicted to the ‘O be joyful!’ 1934 T. S. Eliot Rock ii. 77 Well, boys, what do you say to a pint of Oh be Joyful? 1968 Listener 21 Mar. 369/3 It's a lively scene on this part of the Oldham Road: some very jolly pubs, Dutton's O Be Joyful ales in little bottles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1290 |
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