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Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | 1986 | Copyright

394. Joy (See also Gaiety, Happiness.)

Auteb female personification of gladness. [Egypt. Myth.: Jobes, 159]
blue bird, the symbolizes happiness sought by two poor children. [Belg. Lit.: The Blue Bird ; Haydn & Fuller, 94]
cinquefoil indicates gladness. [Flower Symbolism and Heraldry: Jobes, 341]
Euphrosyne one of Graces; name means ‘festivity.’ [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 96]
gold on red symbol of felicity and joy. [Chinese Art: Jobes, 357]
Hathor cow-headed goddess of joy and love. [Egypt. Myth.: Leach, 484]
Hyperboreans blissful race lived beyond the North Wind in a region of perpetual Spring. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 476]
myrrh symbol of gladness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symboli ca, 176]
red on green symbol of felicity and joy. [Chinese Art: Jobes, 357]
Rubaiyat, The series of poems celebrating hedonism as a way of life. [Br. Poetry: Benét, 881]
wood sorrel indicates gladness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]

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joy

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

joy In the Bible, more than an emotion. It combines a sense of happiness with a state of blessedness. But in the OT it is marked by public excitement at times of festival (Deut. 12: 6 f.) and by relief when an individual had a grievance which he could bring to the Temple for settlement (Ps. 43: 4). In the NT the note of joy is prominent in Luke's gospel (2: 10; 19: 37) and in the Acts (13: 52), where it is a characteristic gift of the spirit (Acts 8: 39; Gal. 5: 22).

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Joy

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Joy ♀ From the vocabulary word (Old French joie, Late Latin gaudia). Being ‘joyful in the Lord’ was a duty that the Puritans took seriously, so the name became popular in the 17th century under their influence. In modern times, it is generally bestowed with reference to the parents' joy in their new-born child, or with the intention of wishing her a happy life.

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joy

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

joy / joi/ • n. a feeling of great pleasure and happiness: tears of joy the joy of being alive. ∎ a thing that causes joy: the joys of Manhattan. • v. [intr.] poetic/lit. rejoice: I felt shame that I had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain. DERIVATIVES: joy·less adj.joy·less·ly adv.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

joy XIII —(O)F. joie :- Rom. *gaudia, fem. for L. gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, f. gaudēre.
So joy vb. †rejoice XIII; †ENJOY XIV. —OF. joïr (mod. jouir) :- Rom. *gaudīre, for L. gaudēre rejoice. So joyance XVI. joyous XIV. —AN. joyous, OF. joios (mod. joyeux).

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joy

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

joy •ahoy, alloy, Amoy, annoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, destroy, employ, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, soy, toy, trompe l'œil, troy

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