Jollier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Jollier}
     (-l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Jolliest}.] [OF. joli, jolif,
     joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E.
     yule; cf. Icel. j[=o]l yule, Christmas feast. See {Yule}.]
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     1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.


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              Like a jolly troop of huntsmen.       --Shak.
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              "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!
              But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
        gayety.
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              And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
                                                    --Prior.
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              Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
                                                    --Fairfax.
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     3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively;
        agreeable; pleasant. "A jolly cool wind." --Sir T. North.
        [Now mostly colloq.]
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              Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W.
                                                    Irving.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jolly
       adj : full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
             were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
             such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at
             the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
             gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
             laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jovial},
              {merry}, {mirthful}]
       n 1: a happy party
       2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: {jolly
          boat}]
       adv : used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in
             Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of
             him" [syn: {pretty}]
       v : be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
           kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {josh}, {banter}]
       [also: {jollied}, {jolliest}, {jollier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jollier
       See {jolly}