Bringing joy, say, embracing classical language (7)

I believe the answer is:

elating

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'bringing joy' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'say embracing classical language' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'eg' (both can mean 'for example').
'embracing' is an insertion indicator.
'classical language' becomes 'latin' (I've seen this before).
'eg' placed around 'latin' is 'ELATING'.

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(Another definition for elating that I've seen is " Very uplifting".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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