feu de joie

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feu de joie

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Unadapted borrowing from French feu de joie (literally “fire of joy”).

noun feux de joie · feu-de-joie

obsolete A bonfire.
A celebratory salute made by firing guns into the air sequentially along a line. while Platte was rolling over and over on the turf, like a shot rabbit, the watch and guard flew from his waistcoat—as an Infantry Major's sword hops out of the scabbard when they are firing a feu-de-joie

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@misc{feu_de_joie_2026,
  title = {feu de joie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feu%20de%20joie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}