Meaning of joyhood | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality, condition, or state of joy.

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Examples

“Green grove of Clifton! though vanished our boyhood, We'll visit⟳ your glade in some fair eve of June; Yet lingers the spirit which brightened life's joyhood, […]”

“Previous to his beginning to speak⟳, the whole of that great crowd of spirits was moving about, talking, laughing, etc., but while he spoke there was a holy calm, a perfect silence resting on the scene. Joyhood ceased its laugh⟳, the brook staid its murmur, […]”

“Symptom five — just like⟳ the others: Oh, it's fishing time, my brothers, When the fever, all a-sudden, Makes us think⟳ of lilacs buddin', And the heart turns back to boyhood With its honeyed days of joyhood!”

“Fret not, old pal, when you are sore At things which rob⟳ you of your joyhood.”

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