joyless 
joyless (joi'les), a. [< ME. joijlrx, joilen; <joy, 
., + -fow.] 1. Destitute of joy; having no 
joy; sail. 
With njoylem smile she turns away 
The face. Shale., Lucrece, 1. 1711. 
With downcast eyes the j"i//** victor gat. 
Dryden, Alexander's Feast. 
2. Affording no joy or pleasure. 
A joyless, dismal, black, and sorrowful issue. 
Shak., Tit. And., Iv. 2, 86. 
Clinih thy thick noon, disastrous day ; 
Touch thy dull goal of joyless gray. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Ixxil. 
joylessly (joi'les-li), adv. Iii a joyless mauiier; 
without joy. 
joylessness (joi'les-nes), n. The state of being 
joyless. 
In comparison of the joylessness and the ingloriouaness 
of this world. Donne, Devotions (11)25), p. 426. 
joynauntf, a. A Middle English form ofjoinant. 
joynet, n. An obsolete form otjoin. 
joyous (joi'us), a. [< ME. joyous, < OF. joyous, 
joious, F.joyeux (= Pi.joyos = It. giojoso, joy- 
ous), < joie, joy: see joy, n.] 1. Feeling or 
manifesting joy ; joyful; glad; merry. 
Her berth was of the wombe of Morning dew, 
And her conception of thr >'.'""<' Prime. 
Spenter, K. Q., III. vi. 3. 
Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs 
Whlsper'd it to the woods. Milton, P. L., vuL 515. 
To admire the great, reverence the good, and \mjoyous 
with the genial, was very much the bent of Shirley's soul. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xii. 
2. Causing joy; making glad. 
A harder lesson to learne Continence 
In joyous pleasure then In grievous palne. 
Spenser, F. Q., H. vt 1. 
Each object of the joyous scene around 
Vernal delight Inspires. J. Walton, Eclogues, 11. 
=8yn. See list under joyful. 
joyously (joi'us-li), adv. In a joyous manner ; 
with joy or gladness. 
joyousness (joi'us-nes), n. The state of being 
joyous. 
joysome (joi'sum), a. [< joy + -some.] Caus- 
ing or inspiring gladness ; joyful. 
Neere to the end of this all joi/some grove. 
IT. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, 11. 3. 
J. P. An abbreviation of Justice of the Peace. 
Here at any rate lived and stopped at home Squire 
Brown, J. P. for the County of Berks. 
/'. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, I. 1. 
Jr., jr. An abbreviation of junior. 
Juanulloa (jo-an-u-16'a), . [NL. (Ruiz and 
Pavon, 1794), named after Juan and Ulloti, 
Spanish scientists, who visited South America 
to measure the meridian.] A genus compris- 
ing 6 or 7 species of shrubs of the order Sola- 
nacetE, some of them epiphytes, found in Peru, 
Colombia, and Central America. The flowers hare 
a colored calyx and a short-lobed corolla, its tube some- 
times contracted at the throat. They are solitary or loose- 
ly cymose. The leaves are coriaceous and entire, and the 
fruit is H berry. Several species, especially J. parasitica, 
are cultivated In conservatories. 
juVt (jub), . [< ME. jubbe; origin obscure. Cf. 
jui/.} A. vessel for holding liquors. 
Breed and chese and good ale in a. jubbe. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 442. 
iub' 2 t, . Same as jupon. Florio. 
ubai (jo'bti), . ; pi. iubm (-be). [= OF. jube 
== Pg. jubd = It. giubba, < L. juba, the flowing 
hair on the neck of an animal, the mane.] 1. 
In zool., the long, thick-set hair on the neck, 
chesty or back of certain quadrupeds; a mane. 
2. In hot., a loose panicle with the axis deli- 
quescent ; also, a dense cluster of awns, as in 
the spikes of some grasses. [Rare.] 
juba- (jo'bii), n. [Negro.] A characteristic 
dance of the plantation negroes in the southern 
United States. It is performed by one or more dancers, 
and is accompanied in a rollicking manner by the specta- 
tors, who keep time by clapping the hands, slapping or pat- 
ting the knee or thigh (called patting juba), tapping the 
ground with the foot, and occasionally joining in a child- 
ish refrain in which the word juba is often repeated. It is 
an invariable feature in the negro breakdown. 
The _/u6a-dance and the corn-shucking were equally in- 
vested with elements of the unreal and the grotesque, 
where the flickering and shifting lights of the unconven- 
tional lantern touched the dusky faces. 
The Century, XXXVI. 770. 
Nearly every Negro above the average is a hymn-maker, 
or at least co-operates with others in the production of 
hymns, songs, plantation rhymes, "corn-shucking" glees, 
"joubas," and the like. 
Proe. ofAmer. Philol. Ais., 1886, p. xxxlii. 
juba-patting (jo'ba-pafing), n. The patting 
of the knee or thigli practised by negroes in 
keeping time to the juba-dance. [Southern 
U. o.J 
3245 
To ... have the negro urchins dance for them to the 
juba.patting of a presumptive I'ncle Tom. 
The Century, XXXVIII. 152. 
Juba's-bush, Juba's-brush (jS-bijz-bush, 
-lirush), n. The plant Iregine celosioides. 
jubate (jo"bat), a. [< li.jubatus, maned, (jitba, 
inane: see Ju&a 1 .] Having a mane; having 
long pendent hairs in a continuous series, like 
a mane. 
jubbah (jub'ft), n. [Hind, jubbah, < Ar. jubbah, 
jnbhah, a garment so called. Hence ult. E. 
.'"/"> jupon."] A long outer garment, usually 
of cloth, similar to the caftan, but with shorter 
sleeves and open in front, worn by respecta- 
ble Mohammedans in Egypt, Arabia, and Hin- 
dustan. As the outer garment of Moslem women, it is 
made less full than that of the men, and commonly of more 
delicate material. Among the wealthier classes it is often 
of velvet or silk, and embroidered with silver or gold. 
My Alexandrine Shaykh, whose heart fell victim to a 
new jubbeh, which I had given in exchange for his tat- 
tered zaabut. R. F. Burton, El-Medluah, p. 30. 
jubbet. A Middle English form of jubl. 
jube (jo'be), n. [F. jube; < L. jube, 2d pers. 
sing. impv. of inhere, bid, command: this being 
the first word of the sentence, jube Domine 
beneilicere, 'Sir, bid bless me,' used by the 
reader in requesting the priest's blessing be- 
fore the gospel and lessons, which were chanted 
in the rood-loft.] 1. In a cathedral or church, 
the rood-loft or gallery over the entrance to the 
choir. See cut under rood-loft. 2. Sometimes, 
an ambo. 
jubilance (jo'bi-lans), n. [< jubilan(t) + -ce.] 
Gladness; exultation; jubilation. 
She saw a jubilance in every sunrise, a sober sadness In 
every sunset. 
George MacDonald, What's Mine's Mine, xxxv. 
The hymn rose with a solemn jubilance, filling the little 
house. 
M. ff. Murfree, Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains, x. 
jubilant (jo'bi-lant), a. [= F. jubilant, < L. 
jubiUtn(t-)s, ppr. of jubilare, shout for joy, <.ju- 
bilum, a shout of joy, a shout :ee jubilate 1 , .] 
1 . Rejoicing, as with songs or acclamations ; 
uttering sounds or expressions of joy : as, to 
be jubilant over success. 
While the bright pomp [train of beings] ascended jubi- 
lant. Milton, P. L., vlL 564. 
The night-birds all that hour were still, 
But now they are jubilant anew. 
Coleridge, Chrlstabel, L, Concl. 
2. Expressing or exciting joy ; manifesting or 
denoting exultation or gladness. 
The tone of sorrow is mournful and plaintive : the notes 
of joy, exulting and jubilant. Bp. Home, Works, VL ii. 
Great organs surged through arches dim 
Their jubilant floods in praise of him. 
Lowell, A Parable. 
= Syn. Exultant, triumphant 
jubilantly (}o'bi-lant-li), adv. In a jubilant 
manner; with manifestations of joy; exult- 
jubilart (jo'bi-lar), a. [= F. jubilaire = Pg. 
jubilario, < ML. jubilarius. one who served fifty 
years, prop, adj., irreg. < lJL.jubil<Kus,ju,bcltKUi<, 
the year of jubilee among the Jews : see jubilee.] 
Relating to or having the character of a jubilee. 
The tenth compleat yeare of our Constantine [James I. ) 
deserves to be solemne :un\ jiilrilar. 
Bp. Hall, Holy Panegyricke, Sermons, vl. 
jubilate 1 (jo''bi-lat), v. .: pret. and pp. jubi- 
lated, ppr. jubilating. [< ti.jubilatus, pp. otju- 
bilare (> It. giubilare, giubbilare = Pg. Sp. jubi- 
lar = F.jubiler), shout for joy, < jubuum, a wild 
cry, ML.>W/K (> MHO. jubilus, Q.jubel = D. 
Dan. Sw.jtt&eO.acryof joy. Cf. jubilee, etym., 
at the end.] To utter jubilant sounds or ex- 
pressions; rejoice; exult. 
Hope jubilating cries aloud. Carlylf. French Rev., I. v.L 
The hurrahs were yet ascending from our jubilating lips. 
Iif Quineey, Autobiog. Sketches, ii. 
Instead of jubilating over the extent of the enemy's re- 
treat, it will be more worth while to lay siege to his last 
stronghold. Huxley, Critiques and Addresses, p. 242. 
Jubilate 2 (jo-bi-la'te), n. [L., 2d pers. pi. impv. 
of jubilare, shout for joy: see jubilate 1 .] 1. In 
the Anglican liturgy, the canticle or psalm (Ps. 
c.) that follows the second lesson in the morn- 
ing service: so called from the first word of 
the Latin version. 2. A musical setting of 
this canticle. 3. The third Sunday after Eas- 
ter : so called from the 66th Psalm (which in 
the Vulgate begins with the same words as the 
100th) being used as the introit on that day. 
jubilated (jii'bi-lat), . [< ML. "jubilates (f), 
equiv. to jubilarius, one who has served fifty 
years, irreg. < IAj,jubikeus, jubilee : see jubiln . | 
A monk, canon, or doctor who has served fifty 
years. E. Phillip*, 1706. 
juchten 
jubilatio (jtt-bi-la'shi-o), n. [NL. : see jubila- 
ti<i.\ In Hum. i 'nth. muxif, the melodic coda 
often appended to the gradual, and sung to the 
last syllable of the " halleluiah." See sequence. 
Also jubilus. 
jubilation (jo-bi-la'shon), n. [= F. jubilation 
= Sp. jubilation = Pg. jubilaySo = It. giubilazi- 
ont, giubbilaziont, < LL.jultilatio(n-), a shouting 
for joy, < L. jubilare, shout for joy: see jubt- 
late'i] The act of jubilating or exulting; a 
rejoicing; exultation; triumph. 
Honoure, empire, and jubUaeioun 
To Ihesu Crist in special therfore. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.X p. 138. 
At the conversion of one sinner there is jubilation, and 
a festival kept among the angels. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5), I. 45. 
jubilee(jo'bi-le), n. [< ME. jubilee, jubile,< OF. 
jubite, F.jubile = PT. jubileu = Sp.jubileo = Pg. 
jubilco, jubileu = It. giubilio, giubileo, giubbileo, 
jubileo = D.jubiteum = Q.jubilaum (jubel-jahr) 
= Dan.jubila'um = Sw.jubilcum = HUBS, iubiteft, 
< LL. jubiUeus, the jubilee year, prop. adj. (sc. 
annus), of the jubilee, < Heb. yobel, a blast of a 
trumpet, a shout of joy, the year of jubilee an- 
nounced by a blast of the trumpet. Note that 
jubilee is of Heb. origin, and has no connection 
with the li.julrilum, a wild cry, ML. jubilus, a cry 
of joy, L. jubilare, shout for joy, whence E. jubi- 
lant, jubilate, etc. The words have been more 
or less confused in E. and Rom. ] 1 . Among the 
ancient Jews, according to the law in Lev. xxv., 
a semi-centennial epoch of general restoration 
and emancipation, when liberty was to be pro- 
claimed throughout the land with the blowing 
of trumpets. The year o/ jubilee was the fiftieth year- 
each being separated from that which preceded it by an 
interval of "seven sabbaths of years," or forty-nine years. 
In that year the land was not tilled, all lands that had been 
sold were restored to the original owners or their heirs, and 
all bondsmen of Hebrew blood were liberated. Whether 
all debts were canceled, as is commonly supposed, la un- 
certain ; there Is no express provision to that effect 
A jubile shall that fiftieth year be. Lev. xxv. 11. 
2. In the Rom. Cath. Ch., a year in which re- 
mission from the penal consequences of sin is 
granted by the church to those who repent and 
perform certain acts. The ordinary jubilee U now 
granted once In twenty-five years. Extraordinary jubi- 
lees are sometimes proclaimed on special occasions. The 
institution dates from 1300, in the pontificate of Boniface 
VIII., the interval being then fixed at one hundred yean, 
and plenary indulgence granted to all who visited the 
churches of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome for a certain 
number of days with offerings. The period was shortened 
successively to fifty, thirty-three, and twenty-five yean, 
and certain works of charity and devotion were substituted 
for the pilgrimage to Rome. 
3. Now, in general, the completion of the fif- 
tieth year of any continuous course of exis- 
tence or activity, or a celebration of the com- 
pletion of fifty years, whether on the anniver- 
sary day or in a succession of festivities or ob- 
servances: as, the jubilee of a town or of a pas- 
torate ; the jubilee of Queen Victoria. 
Our sexteyn and oure fermerer, 
That han ben trewe freres flfty yeer, 
They may now God be thanked .of his loone, 
Muken hir jubilee, and walke allone. 
Chaucer, Summoner's Tale, 1. 154. 
Hence 4. Any exceptional season or course 
of rejoicing or festivity ; a special occasion or 
manifestation of joyousness. 
Joy was then a masculine and a severe thing; the recre- 
ation of the judgement, or rejoicing, Ihe jubilee of reason. 
South, Sermons. 
And over Earth's full>Wfe 
Shall deeper joy be felt in heaven. 
Whittier, Pastoral Letter. 
Who that has ever known it can forget the jubilee of 
Nature In Virginia's woods in April? 
The Century, XXXVIL 834. 
5. The fiftieth year; the year following any 
period of forty-nine (or sometimes fifty) years. 
But Is 't possible he should believe he is not of age? 
why, he is fifty, man ; in 's jubilee, I warrant. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, ill. 1. 
6t. A period of fifty years ; a half-century. 
Don Crisplano, the famous corregidor of Seville, who by 
his mere practice of the law, in less time than half a jubilee, 
hath gotten thirty thousand ducats a year. 
Webiter, Devil's Law-Case, ii. 1. 
jubillst (J6'bi-list), n. [<jubil(ee) + -ist.~\ One 
who takes part in the celebration of a jubi- 
lee. 
Her lecturer described the feeling the JubHitti enter- 
tained toward their sovereign as " chivalrous." 
Harper't Mag., LXXIX. 108. 
jubilus (jO'bi-lus), M. [ML.: see jubilatr*-.] 
Same &s jubilatio. 
juchten (G. pron. ySch'ten), n. [G., also jiif- 
tcii (D. jucht-lcder), < Russ. iukhtl, iufti = Bo- 
