jollification

English

Etymology

jolly +‎ -fication

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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.

Translations

noisy festivity

• Bulgarian: увеселение (bg) n (uveselenie)
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