JOY'OUS, adjective Glad; gay; merry; joyful. Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whispered it. 1. Giving joy. They, all as glad as birds of joyous prime-- It has of, before the cause of joy. And joyous of our conquest early won.
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