jollity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jollity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for jollity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jollity n feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor [syn: jollity, jolliness, joviality]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jollity \Jol"lity\, n. [From {Jolly}: cf. OF. joliet[82], jolivet[82].] Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment. --Chaucer. All now was turned to jollity* and game. --Milton. 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.