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Definition of Joyce
1. Noun. Influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941).
Definition of Joyce
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English and Irish patronymic from=given names) ¹
2. Proper noun. (given name female from=Celtic), associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyce
Literary usage of Joyce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"When the quarrel between the army and parliament broke out, Joyce, ... Fairfax sent
Colonel Whalley to deliver Charles from Joyce'shands, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"Joyce!" That seemed all she understood of what he said. ... Joyce! Her name seemed
to breathe about her in a hundred tones—in warning, in reproof, ..."
3. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"(1827 ) PATRICK WEBTON Joyce, the well-known educator and collector of Irish music
... The work contained, besides, several songs, some of them by Dr. Joyce ..."
4. Modern Essays by Christopher Morley (1921)
"HOLY IRELAND By Joyce KILMER This echo of the AEF is probably the best thing Joyce
... Joyce Kilmer was born in New Brunswick in 1886; studied at Rutgers ..."
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