joyousness

English

Etymology

From joyous +‎ -ness.

Noun

joyousness (countable and uncountable, plural joyousnesses)

1. The state of being joyous.

   Synonyms: joy, joyfulness; see also Thesaurus:happiness

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 319:

     The bright sun, the sweet free air, brought their own joyousness with them; all nature seemed too glad for sorrow.