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单词 overjoyful
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overjoyfuladj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈdʒɔɪf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈdʒɔɪf(ə)l/
Forms: see over- prefix and joyful adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, joyful adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + joyful adj. Compare earlier overjoyed adj.
Too joyful; overjoyed.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > extremely or excessively joyful
over-glada1393
abloyc1400
overjoyed1594
overjoyful1660
over-joyous1834
1660 S. Pepys Diary 3 May (1970) I. 125 I was over-joyful to see him in so good condition.
1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 196 Over..denotes also Excess as, over-hasty, i.e. too hasty, overjoyfull.
1827 H. Taylor Isaac Comnenus in Wks. (1877–8) V. ii. 311 Well met, my Lord—Nay, your Imperial Highness—pardon me If my first meeting with my sovereign Lord Be something overjoyful.
1849 E. H. Bickersteth Sonnet in Poems 130 Like waters from the brink Of over-joyful springs, in tones most soft..came quick bursts of song.
1891 Catholic World Sept. 898 Before his illness he was overjoyful, or so it seemed to some to whom this trait of his was a temptation.
2002 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 4 July 36 The 1977 season, Hopkins's first as a regular, was not an overjoyful one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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