different between unjoy vs unboy
unjoy
English
Etymology
From un- (“lack or absence of”) +? joy.
Noun
unjoy (countable and uncountable, plural unjoys)
- The lack or absence of joy; joylessness; sorrow; grief.
- 2013, Anna Banks, Of Triton:
- I wipe away the tears of unjoy before they stain the hideous, stiff bedspread.
- 1993, Harry John Huebner, David Schroeder, Church as parable: whatever happened to ethics?:
- Joy is possible only if we can get through the periods of unjoy. And all rely on another virtue: hope. Hope is what makes patience humanly possible.
- 2013, Anna Banks, Of Triton:
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unboy
English
Etymology
un- +? boy
Verb
unboy (third-person singular simple present unboys, present participle unboying, simple past and past participle unboyed)
- (transitive) To divest of the traits of a boy.
Usage notes
- The forms unboys and unboying are vanishingly rare or non-existent.
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