Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jollity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Jollity \Jol"li*ty\, n. [From {Jolly}: cf. OF. joliet['e],
jolivet['e].]
Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous
enjoyment. --Chaucer.

All now was turned to jollity and game. --Milton.

He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that
quarrel only for him, who was only worthy to enter into
it. --Sir P.
Sidney.

Syn: Merriment; mirth; gayety; festivity; hilarity.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

jollity
n : feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor [syn: {joviality}]

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