Noun
joyance (countable and uncountable, plural joyances)
(archaic, poetic) Enjoyment, joy, delight.
How very desolate that breast must be, Whose only joyance is in memory! And what must woman suffer, thus betrayed?- Her heart's most warm and precious feelings made But things wherewith to wound: that heart-so weak, So soft-laid open to the vulture's beak! Letitia Elizabeth Landon
To what may youth's first joyance be compared ? To daylight, and the glad song of the lark Bursting together, - to a sudden gush Of perfume, till the giddy senses link With overmuch delight,- a dream,- a tale Of Paradise, told in fair poesy. Letitia Elizabeth Landon