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jollification

noun

Etymology

From jolly + -fication.

  1. derived from jól
  2. derived from joli
  3. inherited from joli
  4. suffixed as jollification — “jolly + fication”

Definitions

  1. A merrymaking

    A merrymaking; noisy festivity.

    • I shall go down with you on Wednesday in time for the jollification on Thursday. I always enjoy that day; they are such nice, friendly people, those good Hollingford ladies.
    • 1872, Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Justice Harbottle,” Chapter 2, in In a Glass Darkly, […] old Judge Harbottle had arranged one of his dubious jollifications, such as might well make the hair of godly men's heads stand upright for that night.
    • […] the streams would run with wine instead of water and the whole forest would give itself up to jollification for weeks on end.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA