They are much longer than the anecdotes of the Contes et Joyeux Devis, and generally, though not always, deal with something like a connected story instead of with mere isolated traits or apophthegms.
Very different books are the Contes of Marguerite de Navarre, usually termed the 'Heptameron,' and the Contes et Joyeux Devis of her servant Bonaventure des Periers.
The Nouvelles Recreations et Joyeux Devis are compact of less perilous stuff, while they exhibit equal and perhaps greater literary skill.
In the dying sunlight lay the great palace of Ludwigsburg, the rounded roofs, the terraces, and the Château Joyeux of La Favorite in the midst of flowering parterres.
The Contes et Joyeux Devis, on the other hand, in the main continue the wholly jocular tone of the old fabliaux.
Not yet, my lord, for thereon do they stay; But, as report doth go, the Duke of Joyeux Hath made great suit unto the king therefore.
The King and the renounce the Gifts of Le Joyeux Avénement and La Ceinture de la Reine.
The King and she renounce the Gifts of Le Joyeux Avénement, and La Ceinture de la Reine.
Not yet my Lord, for thereon doe they stay: But as report doth goe, the Duke of Joyeux Hath made great sute unto the King therfore.
It was Christmas and Lena was racing down the stairs, waving a candy cane, shouting "Joyeux noeel, joyeux noeel!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "joyeux" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
