Definition of "joie" []

• A Middle English form of joy.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The French call it joie d 'vivre, and it was Sigmund's definition of success: "satisfaction in work and in love.""
• "There is certain "joie de vivre" in our province that has been given a tremendous boost in the past week."
• "I did keep coming back to what they called joie de vivre, wondering if there wasn’t something for me to learn and something for me to imitate and accept."