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[syn: jollity, jolliness, joviality]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jollity \Jol"li*ty\, n. [From Jolly: cf. OF. joliet['e],
jolivet['e].]
Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous
enjoyment. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
All now was turned to jollity and game. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jollity
n 1: feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor [syn:
jollity, jolliness, joviality]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "jollity":
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