joee

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Latin gaudia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː/

Noun

joee (plural joees)

  1. joy
    Synonym: gleezom
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 80:
      How yarthe to-die, mee joee?
      How art thou to-day, my joy?

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 48
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