jollification

noun

jol·​li·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌjä-li-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: festivity, merrymaking

Synonyms

• conviviality
• festivity
• gaiety
• gayety
• jollity
• merriment
• merrymaking
• rejoicing
• reveling
• revelling
• revelry
• whoopee

Examples of jollification in a Sentence

each year the mountain men of the Old West would gather for a week of carousing, tall tale-telling, and general jollification

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

jollification

noun

jol·​li·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌjäl-i-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: merrymaking sense 1