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gaiety

English

Etymology

From French gaieté, from French gai

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??e?.?.ti/, /??e?.?.ti/
  • Hyphenation: gai?e?ty
  • Rhymes: -e??ti

Noun

gaiety (countable and uncountable, plural gaieties)

  1. (dated, uncountable) The state of being happy or merry.
  2. (dated, countable) Merrymaking or festivity.

Synonyms

  • (state of being happy): gayness

Translations

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jollification

English

Etymology

jolly +? -fication

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

jollification (plural jollifications)

  1. A merrymaking; noisy festivity.
    • 1865, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter 8,[1]
      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,[2]
      […] 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.
    • 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, 1998, Chapter 2,
      […] 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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