jolliness

jolliness: Ⅰ.

jolly [1] ► ADJECTIVE (jollier, jolliest) 1) happy and cheerful. 2) lively and entertaining.

► VERB (jollies, jollied) informal ▪ encourage in a friendly way: he jollied her along.

► ADVERB Brit. informal ▪ very.

► NOUN (pl. jollies) Brit. informal ▪ a party or celebration.

DERIVATIVES jollily adverb jolliness noun.

ORIGIN Old French jolif 'pretty' , perhaps from an Old Norse word meaning 'Yule' .

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jolly [2] (also jolly boat) ► NOUN (pl. jollies) ▪ a clinker-built ship's boat that is smaller than a cutter.

ORIGIN perhaps related to YAWL(Cf. ↑yawl).

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Jolliness — Jol li*ness, n. Jollity; noisy mirth. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jolliness — (n.) late 14c., from JOLLY (Cf. jolly) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
jolliness — See jollily. * * * … Universalium
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jolliness — jol·li·ness … English syllables
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