joydom
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "All the people are in a sort of joydom over the new French Republic,' he wrote to Emerson, 'which has descended suddenly (or shall we say, ascended, alas!) out of the Immensities upon us; […]"
- "I trust he is full with joydom to be with his scholars again." Not daring to trust her voice, Vivien inclined her head."
- "When you thought of Chicago, you thought of the joydom called Jazz."
- "Your cummings joydom joydoms me. He has, as you see, that innocence & fraternity of things I love so much, that easy oneness with the world: the world in his hands is a sauntering along, a song, a gaiety as of a late spring rain […]"
- "The association of Chicago with "the joydom of jazz" inspires Lena to name her son after the city, yet the impulse to find a creative outlet through the music is so strong that it prompts her to abandon her child when her husband attempts to stifle her creativity and career."