From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
joy
n 1: the emotion of great happiness [syn: joyousness,
joyfulness] [ant: sorrow]
2: something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of
happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his
company"; "the new car is a delight" [syn: delight,
pleasure]
v 1: feel happiness or joy [syn: rejoice]
2: make glad or happy [syn: gladden] [ant: sadden]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Joy \Joy\ (joi), n. [OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L.
gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be
glad; cf. Gr. gai`ein to rejoice, gay^ros proud. Cf. Gaud,
Jewel.]
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1. The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or
expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions
caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a
rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire;
gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
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Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
--Dryden.
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Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
--Johnson.
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Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured
the cross, despising the shame. --Heb. xii. 2.
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Tears of true joy for his return. --Shak.
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Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration
of the present or assured approaching possession of
a good. --Locke.
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2. That which causes joy or happiness.
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For ye are our glory and joy. --1 Thess. ii.
20.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. --Keats.
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3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment;
festivity.
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Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
--Spenser.
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The roofs with joy resound. --Dryden.
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Note: Joy is used in composition, esp. with participles, to
from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-bells,
joy-bringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding, etc.
Syn: Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation;
transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety;
mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Joy \Joy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Joyed (joid); p. pr. & vb. n.
Joying.] [OF. joir, F. jouir. See Joy, n.]
To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
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I will joy in the God of my salvation. --Hab. iii.
18.
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In whose sight all things joy. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Joy \Joy\, v. t.
1. To give joy to; to congratulate. [Obs.] "Joy us of our
conquest." --Dryden.
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To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe. --Prior.
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2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.]
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Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits. --Shak.
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3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See Enjoy.
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Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
--Milton.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
Joy
<language> A functional programming language by Manfred von
Thun. Joy is unusual because it is not based on {lambda
calculus}, but on the composition of functions. Functions
take a stack as argument, consume any number of parameters
from it, and return it with any number of results on it. The
concatenation of programs denotes the composition of
functions. One of the datatypes of Joy is that of quoted
programs, of which lists are a special case.
{Joy Home
(http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/phimvt/joy.html)}.
(2003-06-13)