单词 | overjoy |
释义 | overjoyn. Now rare. Excess of joy; extreme joy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > extreme or excessive joy overjoy1614 overjoyednessa1645 1614 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 299 The over-joy of that recovered mee. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 24 + 8 Termes, such as my wit affoords, And ouer ioy of heart doth minister. View more context for this quotation 1791 F. Burney Let. Aug. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 27 Tears shed..all for over-joy. 1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. xxxii. 11 One who died at the foot of the scaffold of overjoy at the receipt of his monarch's pardon. 1997 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 12 Dec. c7 I'd complain to them, but in this season of overjoy, I hate to interrupt good fights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overjoyv.ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice over or at [verb (transitive)] overjoya1382 rejoicec1425 to roll in ——?a1500 joy1596 to roll into ——1602 congratulatea1631 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms xxxiv. 19 Ouerioȝen [a1382 Douce 369(2) Ouerioȝe; v.r. Ouerioyen thei; a1425 L.V. haue not ioye; L. supergaudeant] not to me þat enemyen to me wickedely. 2. a. transitive. To fill with extreme joy; to transport with joy or gladness.In quot. 1571: to fill with excessive joy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > make joyful or delighted [verb (transitive)] > extremely over-glada1393 overjoy1571 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxiii. 1) Prosperitie maketh many so drunken, that they..overjoy themselves [L. sine modo exultent]. 1612 T. Studley & A. Todkill Proc. Eng. Colonie iii. 17 in J. Smith Map Virginia The arrivall of [t]his first supply so overjoyed us, that... We gave them liberty to track or trade at their pleasures. 1678 T. Shadwell Hist. Timon ii. 23 You over-joy me with your presence! 1739 P. Aubin Madam de Beaumont ii. 246 This News overjoyed us all. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. v. iii. 107 Booth soon afterwards took his Leave..and hastened Home to acquaint his Amelia with what had so greatly overjoyed him. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xii. 154 I..have been perfectly charmed and overjoyed to-day, to find you just the same as ever. c1889 R. Jones Hidden Hand II. iii. 17 The hope that for your sake her trials are over, has overjoyed her. 1977 M. Sokolinsky tr. R. Merle Virility Factor xvi. 333 Someone..who overjoyed us when she swooped down on us unexpectedly was Dorothy Barrow. 1996 High Country News 28 Oct. 4/1 The ruling overjoyed many environmentalists. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)] > excessively overjoy1720 1720 T. Boston Human Nature v. 236 We're apt to over-joy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > make joyful or delighted [verb (transitive)] > overwhelm with joy overjoy1617 1617 G. Webbe Pract. Quietness (ed. 2) iv. 48 Wee shall in Quietnesse possesse our Mindes, and bee so farre master ouer our passions, as not to ouer-ioy our griefe, nor ouer-grieue our ioyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614v.a1382 |
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