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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Joy(o)usitie, n. Also: joyauseté. [Late ME. joyous(e)te, joyeusete, F. joyeuseté] Joyous behaviour, disport, fun, gaiety. —1494 Loutfut MS. 26 b.
Quhen he tynt his fallow he becom solitar and hatit the warld & al ioyausete1558-66 Knox II. 294.
Sche saw nothing in Scotland but gravitie, which repugned alltogether to hir nature, for sche was brocht up in joyusitie; so termed sche hir dansing Ib. 319.
Such pastyme to thame is but joyousitie, whairin our Queyn was brocht up
