[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

            her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
                                                  --johnson.
      1913 webster

            who, for the joy that was set before him, endured
            the cross, despising the shame.       --heb. xii. 2.
      1913 webster

            tears of true joy for his return.     --shak.
      1913 webster

            joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration
            of the present or assured approaching possession of
            a good.                               --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. that which causes joy or happiness.
      1913 webster

            for ye are our glory and joy.         --1 thess. ii.
                                                  20.
      1913 webster

            a thing of beauty is a joy forever.   --keats.
      1913 webster

   3. the sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment;
      festivity.
      1913 webster

            such joy made una, when her knight she found.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            the roofs with joy resound.           --dryden.
      1913 webster

   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.
        1913 webster
see also:
gaud jewel 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         i will joy in the god of my salvation.   --hab. iii.
                                                  18.
   1913 webster

         in whose sight all things joy.           --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
joyed joying joy 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

joy \joy\, v. t.
   1. to give joy to; to congratulate. obs. "joy us of our
      conquest." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            to joy the friend, or grapple with the foe. --prior.
      1913 webster

   2. to gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. obs.
      1913 webster

            neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to enjoy. obs. see enjoy.
      1913 webster

            who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
enjoy 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
joyousness joyfulness sorrow delight pleasure rejoice 
gladden sadden 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

96 moby thesaurus words for "joy":
   amusement, be in heaven, be pleased, beam, beatification,
   beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, caper,
   caracole, carol, cheer, cheerfulness, chirp, chirrup, clap hands,
   cloud nine, crow, crow over, dance, delectation, delight,
   die with delight, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment,
   enjoyment, exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, exult, feel happy,
   felicity, frisk, frivolity, frolic, fruition, fun, gaiety, gambol,
   gladness, glee, gleefulness, gloat, gloat over, glory,
   go into raptures, happiness, heaven, high glee, high spirits,
   hilariousness, hilarity, intoxication, jocularity, jocundity,
   jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyance, joyfulness, joyousness,
   jubilate, laugh, laughter, levity, lilt, merriment, merriness,
   mirth, mirthfulness, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, purr,
   rapture, ravishment, rejoice, revel, rollick, romp, seventh heaven,
   sing, skip, skip for joy, smile, sunshine, take great satisfaction,
   transport, tread on air, triumph, unalloyed happiness, whistle

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

joy
     
         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
     
     
see also:
functional programming lambda calculus composition functions lt;joy homegt; 

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

joy, il village, fips 38739
  location: 41.19687 n, 90.87956 w
  population 1990: 452 210 housing units
  area: 1.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 61260

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

joy, il -- u.s. village in illinois
   population 2000:    373
   housing units 2000: 167
   land area 2000:     0.419880 sq. miles 1.087485 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.419880 sq. miles 1.087485 sq. km
   fips code:            38739
   located within:       illinois il, fips 17
   location:             41.196923 n, 90.879702 w
   zip codes 1990:     61260
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    joy, il
    joy

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