Meaning of JOLLITY
| Pronunciation: | | 'jâlitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor |
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| | Synonyms: | | joviality |
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| | See Also: | | amiability, gaiety, good humor, good humour, good temper, merriment | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Jol"li*ty\, n. [From {Jolly}: cf. OF. joliet['e],
jolivet['e].]
Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous
enjoyment. --Chaucer.
All now was turned to jollity and game. --Milton.
He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that
quarrel only for him, who was only worthy to enter into
it. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Syn: Merriment; mirth; gayety; festivity; hilarity.
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| | Related Terms: | | amusement, blitheness, cheer, conviviality, disport, festivity, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gambol, glee, gleefulness, good cheer, heartiness, high glee, hilariousness, hilarity, holiday-making, hoopla, jocularity, jocundity, jollification, jolliness, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, larking, laughter, levity, mafficking, merriment, merriness, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, play, racketing, revel, reveling, revelment, revelry, revels, rollick, romp, skylarking, sport, whoopee |
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