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Grammar : Noun
Spell : jol-uh-fi-key-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒɒl ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən



Definition of jollification

Origin :
  • "merrymaking," 1809, American English, from jolly + -fication. Shortened form jolly led to phrase get (one's) jollies "have fun" (1957).
  • As in revel : noun celebration, merrymaking
  • As in revelry : noun merrymaking
  • As in riot : noun very funny happening
  • As in sport : noun fun, joking
  • As in carnival : noun outdoor celebration
  • As in celebration : noun commemoration of occasion, achievement
  • As in feast : noun banquet and celebration
Example sentences :
  • Also, there was nothing in their demeanour that savoured of any spirit of jollification.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • By jingo, I think he might say ‘splice the main brace’ now, after all this jollification!
  • Extract from : « Crown and Anchor » by John Conroy Hutcheson
  • However, I don't expect they very often have a jollification like this.
  • Extract from : « Condemned as a Nihilist » by George Alfred Henty
  • After the action there followed the usual scene of jollification.
  • Extract from : « From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life » by Captain A. T. Mahan
  • So we had dinner together that evening, and great was the jollification thereat.
  • Extract from : « Under the Red Crescent » by Charles S. Ryan
  • Plain ones, loud, awkward ones were married and had a jollification.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg » by Amanda M. Douglas
  • For the undevout, Good Friday was a feast day and a day of jollification.
  • Extract from : « Dixie After the War » by Myrta Lockett Avary
  • When they got back to the hamlet with their seal, there was a jollification.
  • Extract from : « Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North » by Fullerton Waldo
  • In May there was quite a jollification over the marriage of two mill-hands.
  • Extract from : « Hope Mills » by Amanda M. Douglas
  • We had our hunt, and our jollification after it, on last Wednesday.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 » by John Gibson Lockhart

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