Joyce

Joyce
associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice.
See Also: Jocelyn

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  • JOYCE (J.) — Joyce est peut être le dernier de ces héros des lettres pures qui ont marqué l’histoire occidentale. Il serait vain de prêter à l’écrivain irlandais un message social; en 1939, quand la guerre se déchaîna, il la trouva malencontreuse: qui allait… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Joyce — steht für: eine Variante des Vornamens Jodok Joyce (Zeitschrift), eine Frauenzeitschrift des christlichen Bundes Verlags Joyce (Computertyp), 8 Bit CP/M Computer, siehe Amstrad PCW Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Joyce (Louisiana) Joyce… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joyce — Joyce, James * * * (as used in expressions) Cary, (Arthur) Joyce (Lunel) Joyce, James (Augustine Aloysius) Oates, Joyce Carol …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Joyce — Joyce, James (1882 1941) an Irish writer of ↑novels. Joyce greatly influenced the way English novels were written, with his use of unusual and invented words, and different styles of writing such as ↑stream of consciousness (=expressing thoughts… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Joyce — proper name, earlier Josse, Goce, etc., and originally used of both men and women. Of Celtic origin. Joycean, in reference to the fiction of Irish writer James Joyce (1882 1941) is attested from 1927 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Joyce — f, formerly m English: apparently from the Norman male name Josce (Middle English Josse), which in turn is from Jodocus, a Latinized form of a Breton name, Iodoc, meaning ‘lord’, borne by a 7th century Breton saint. The name was in use among… …   First names dictionary

  • Joyce — (James) (1882 1941) écrivain irlandais. Il quitta définitivement son pays en 1906 et se fixa à Trieste. En 1907, il publia Musique de chambre (poèmes) puis entreprit une oeuvre romanesque: Gens de Dublin (nouvelles, 1914), Dedalus, portrait de l… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Joyce — Ce patronyme est l équivalent anglais (et irlandais) du nom de personne d origine bretonne Josse (voir ce nom) …   Noms de famille

  • Joyce — (izg. džȍjs), James (1882 1941) DEFINICIJA irski književnik, jedan od utemeljitelja romana »toka svijesti« kojim je bitno utjecao na razvoj prozne književnosti 20. st. (Uliks, 1922; Finneganovo bdjenje, 1939) …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Joyce — Joyce1 [jois] n. [< older Jocosa < L jocosa, fem. of jocosus,JOCOSE] a feminine and masculine name Joyce2 [jois] James (Augustine Aloysius) 1882 1941; Ir. novelist Joycean [joi′sē ən] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Joyce — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Joyce imagesize= caption= pronunciation=jo(y) ce gender = Female meaning = Joy region = origin = Latin related names = Joice footnotes = The name Joyce jo(y) ce is used for females rarely used by males. However,… …   Wikipedia

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