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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Hearty or carefree enjoyment of life.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a keen enjoyment of living

Etymologies

  1. From French joie de vivre literally "joy of living". (Wiktionary)
  2. French : joie, joy + de, of + vivre, to live, living. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “She thought of the capricious joie de vivre of the pine marten, its innocence and its complete absorption in the business of being itself, and realised quite suddenly that she had exchanged the carelessness of youth for something very like unhappiness.”

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  • treeseed Etymology: French, literally, joy of living
    keen or buoyant enjoyment of life Jan 22, 2008

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