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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unjoyed en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + joyed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete, poetic) Not enjoyed.
    • And joy'st thou at the life unliv'd, / The thoughts unthought, / The joys unjoyed, […] 1859, The Welcome Guest, numbers 37-75, page 7:
    • Unjoyed, unvalued, is the crown which he / With regal hand bestows, upon the shrine / Of her cold beauty offering; […] 1839, Eleanora Louisa Montagu Hervey, The Landgrave, a Play in Five Acts (page 131)