jollification

Word Origin & History

"merrymaking," 1809, American English, from jolly + -fication. Shortened form jolly led to phrase get (one's) jollies "have fun" (1957).

Also, there was nothing in their demeanour that savoured of any spirit of jollification.

By jingo, I think he might say ‘splice the main brace’ now, after all this jollification!

However, I don't expect they very often have a jollification like this.

After the action there followed the usual scene of jollification.

So we had dinner together that evening, and great was the jollification thereat.

Plain ones, loud, awkward ones were married and had a jollification.

For the undevout, Good Friday was a feast day and a day of jollification.

When they got back to the hamlet with their seal, there was a jollification.

In May there was quite a jollification over the marriage of two mill-hands.

We had our hunt, and our jollification after it, on last Wednesday.

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