giojoso

adjective (or adverb)

gio·​jo·​so

variants or less commonly gioioso

jōˈyō(ˌ)sō

: joyous, gay

—used as a direction in music

Word History

Etymology

Italian gioioso joyous, from Old Italian, from Old French joios

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