blissfulnessn.
/ˈblɪsfʊlnɪs/ The quality or state of being blissful; joyfulness, happiness.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun]
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. ii. 113 Blisfulnesse is þilke same goode þat men requeren.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxx. 13 Lya seide, That for my blisfulnes.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark iii. f. 35 To be rewarded with euerlasting blissfulnesse.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B4 It is not for me to attend so high a blissefulnesse.
1633 J. Ford Broken Heart i. iii. sig. C2 My better Starres, that offered me the grace Of so much blissfulnesse.
1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix 19 In blissfulness and mirth.
1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 71 A peace more deep disclosed its blissfulness.
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