joee

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Latin gaudia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔˈiː/

Noun

joee (plural joees)

1. joy

   Synonym: gleezom

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 80:

     How yarthe to-die, mee joee?

     How art thou to-day, my joy?

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 48