a. rare. [f. JOY v. + -ANT, after joyance.] Feeling or showing joy; joyous.
1834. Mudie, Brit. Birds (1841), II. 6. It [the lark] is in fact more joyant in the sun.
1844. Ld. Houghton, Mem. Many Scenes, Dream Gondola, 97. O joyant earth! beloved Grecian sky!
1876. J. Ellis, Caesar in Egypt, 126. The joyant day-dreams of my rising life.
