:Title:    **Joy**
:Author:   Linda Nowakowski
:Date:     Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:08:01 PDT
:URL:      http://www.ned.com/user/u523412994/news/33/

**Function:**  noun 

**Etymology:** Middle English, from Anglo-French joie, from Latin gaudia, plural of gaudium, from gaudēre to rejoice; probably akin to Greek gēthein to rejoice

**Date:** 13th century

1 a: the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : delight b: the expression or exhibition of such emotion : gaiety

2: a state of happiness or felicity : bliss

3: a source or cause of delight

**Function:** verb 

**Date:** 14th century

*intransitive verb*
 
: to experience great pleasure or delight : rejoice

*transitive verb*

1 archaic : gladden

2 archaic : enjoy