English

Alternative forms

• over-joyous, 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, p. 146 (Google books view):

     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, p. 209 (Google books view):

     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, The Westerners, ch. 19:

     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.