jollification

Definitions

A merrymaking; noisy festivity.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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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