jollity

noun

jol·​li·​ty ˈjä-lə-tē How to pronounce jollity (audio)
plural jollities
1
: the quality or state of being jolly : merriment
2
British : a festive gathering

Examples of jollity in a Sentence

I love all of the warmhearted jollity of the holiday season.
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While the jollity may look a bit different from city to city, these global destinations keep the holiday cheer going year after year. Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2023 But even aside from that, Fallon, despite the Strike Force’s five-way jollity, seems like the group’s distractible odd man out. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023 Both are also generally spared the over-emphatic jollity that Dehnert has evidently encouraged as a way of plowing through difficult passages of dialogue and forcing the weird jokes to bloom. Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 July 2023 And so, in two gorgeous numbers, all the manic jollity disappears. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for jollity 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of jollity was in the 14th century

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“Jollity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jollity. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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jollity

noun
jol·​li·​ty ˈjäl-ət-ē How to pronounce jollity (audio)
plural jollities

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