rejoiceとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Compare also English rejoy.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/
• 韻: -ɔɪs

動詞

rejoice (三人称単数 現在形 rejoices, 現在分詞 rejoicing, 過去形および過去分詞形 rejoiced)

1. (intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. [from 14^thc.]
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press, 1973, §6:

     Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually. [15^th-16^thc.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter x, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:

     ye that are a knyghte wyueles that ye wyl not loue some mayden or gentylwoman / […] / but hit is noysed that ye loue quene Gueneuer / and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntement that ye shal neuer loue none other / but her / ne none other damoysel ne lady shall reioyse you

3. (transitive) To make happy, exhilarate. [from 15^thc.]
   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

     Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made.

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p.790-1:

     But good news awaited them in the form of permission to travel about the area replenishing medical stocks in hospitals and clinics, and this task was delegated to Constance, as the newcomer, a fact which rejoiced her.

4. (obsolete) To enjoy.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Bishop Peacock to this entry?)

派生語

• rejoiceful
• rejoiceless
• rejoicement