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verb

jouir

/ʒwiʁ/

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verb/ʒwiʁ/

to enjoy; to have an orgasm; to come, cum; to ejaculate

Il jouissait d'une santé à toute épreuve.He enjoyed unfailing health.

Synonyms: bénéficier

Inherited from Middle French jouir, jouïr, iouyr, from Old French joïr, from Vulgar Latin *gaudīre (*gaudiō), from Latin gaudēre. Doublet of gaudir, which was a borrowing.