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joie de vivre
OXFORD DICTIONARY
joie de vivre, n. a feeling of healthy and exuberant enjoyment of life.
Etymology
F, = joy of living
THESAURUS
joie de vivre
activity, amusement, animal pleasure, animation, ardor, bodily pleasure, brio, briskness, carnal delight, comfort, content, contentment, coziness, creature comforts, ease, elan, endpleasure, enjoyment, entertainment, enthusiasm, euphoria, forepleasure, fruition, fun, glow, gratification, great satisfaction, gusto, hearty enjoyment, impetuosity, impetus, intellectual pleasure, keen pleasure, kicks, life, liveliness, lustiness, luxury, mettle, perkiness, pertness, physical pleasure, pleasure, quiet pleasure, relish, robustness, satisfaction, self-gratification, self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, sexual pleasure, spirit, spiritedness, sweetness of life, titillation, vivacity, voluptuousness, warmth, well-being, zest, zestfulnessFor further exploring for "joie de vivre" in Webster Dictionary Online