Jollity

3 definitions found

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jollity
       n : feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor [syn: {joviality}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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