overjoyous

See also: over-joyous and over joyous

English

Alternative forms

• over-joyous, over joyous

Etymology

over- +‎ joyous

Adjective

overjoyous (comparative more overjoyous, superlative most overjoyous)

1. (rare) Extremely happy or celebratory; overjoyed.
   • 1834, William Alexander Caruthers, The Cavaliers of Virginia, page 146:

     Now and then a note from the bugle of some overjoyous youths as he entered the forest, brought a frown upon the brow of old Congo.

   • 1848, George Payne Rainsford James, Beauchamp: Or, The Error, Volume 3, page 209:

     Sir John when he heard it was over-joyous.

   • 1857, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, First Book:

     I, Aurora Leigh, was born
     To make my father sadder, and myself
     Not overjoyous, truly.

   • 1900, Stewart Edward White, chapter 19, in The Westerners:

     Sometimes there was a celebration. One or two members of the little community were inclined to become a trifle over joyous too often for their health.