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1. www.oed.com › dictionary › joyless_adjjoyless, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   The earliest known use of the adjective joyless is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for joyless is from around 1400–50, in Alexander . joyless is formed within English, by derivation.

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   Origin of joyless: mid-14c., from joy + -less. Related: Joylessly; joylessness. ... See more.

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   JOYLESS definition: 1. unhappy: 2. unhappy: 3. being without happiness or pleasure: . Learn more.

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   The meaning of JOY is the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : delight. How to use joy in a sentence.

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   Definition of joyless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Joyless definition: without joy or gladness; unhappy. See examples of JOYLESS used in a sentence.

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   A complete guide to the word "JOYLESS": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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   Where did the word joyless come from?

   • First recorded in 1300–50, joyless is from the Middle English word joyles. See joy, -less She’s appalled by the “solitary, joyless rectitude” of another enslaved Trojan who insists on covertly burying Priam and performing funeral rites at the grave.

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   What does joyless mean?

   • the joyless days of the war. causing no joy or pleasure. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 First recorded in 1300–50, joyless is from the Middle English word joyles. See joy, -less

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   What is a joyless story?

   • The story is a joyless one of high charges, exploitation and bitterness that springs from a deep injustice, which is felt widely. It is a joyless subject. Whether the relationship was loving or joyless, tender or brutal, fulfilling or empty, many women simply had no choice and some of them lived in fear of yet another pregnancy.

   JOYLESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   What is the American lesson he learns if he is joyless?

   • The quintessentially American lesson he learns is never to be joyless. The traffic was as light as if it were some joyless holiday. The man was like a dark cloud—rather like having a joyless loan officer run the country. Only that strange bird perched, joyless and alone, over the fire, on the pole from which the kettle hung.

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