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overjoy (v.)
late 14c., "to rejoice over," from
over-
+
joy
(q.v.); translating Latin
supergaudere
(in Psalms xxxiv, etc.). Transitive sense of "to fill with gladness" is first recorded 1570s (now usually in past participle
overjoyed
).
