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1. • • jollification (n.) "mirth, scene or occasion of merrymaking," 1769, from jolly + -fication "a making or causing." Shortened form jolly (1905) led to phrase get (one's) jollies "have fun" (1957).
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   • jollification (n.) "mirth, scene or occasion of merrymaking," 1769, from jolly + -fication "a making or causing." Shortened form jolly (1905) led to phrase get (one's) jollies "have fun" (1957). Spenser has jolliment (1590).

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   How long did a jollification last?

   • For four or five days there was a general jollification. A good strike or a point gained meant a general jollification. But this is a special occasion and more like a jollification than anything else. The men who had been engaged in the dance had left the scene of their jollification and moved in the direction of the station.

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   Are jollifications a psychological fact?

   • A similar psychological fact may be observed in the "jollifications" of political parties after the election of their candidates for high office. For four or five days there was a general jollification. A good strike or a point gained meant a general jollification. But this is a special occasion and more like a jollification than anything else.

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   What happened in the midst of the Jollification?

   • In the midst of the jollification there came a sudden and unexpected knock on the door. Other trees turn at the same time and it is the time for picnics and for gathering mushrooms which is made a jollification. The jollification following the game threatened to wreck the chapel and crack the limestone ledge beneath it.

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   c. 1300 (late 13c. as a surname, late 14c. as the name of a dog), "merry, cheerful, naturally of a happy disposition; comical; suggesting joy or merriment," from Old French jolif "festive, merry; amorous; pretty" (12c., Modern French joli "pretty, nice"), a word of uncertain origin. It has an apparent cognate in Italian giulivo "merry, pleasant."

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     Significato di jollification: allegria; "gioia, scena o...

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     jollification 뜻: 환락; "즐거움, 기쁨을 불러일으키는 장면 또는 기회," 1769년,...

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   JOLLIFICATION meaning: 1. an enjoyable activity or celebration 2. an enjoyable activity or celebration. Learn more.

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   A complete guide to the word "JOLLIFICATION": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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   The earliest known use of the noun jollification is in the 1810s. OED's earliest evidence for jollification is from 1818, in a letter by Walter Scott, poet and novelist. jollification is formed within English, by derivation.

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   reveling. revelling. revelry. whoopee. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. 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. Time Traveler.

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   Jolly Mill, a grist mill and whiskey distillery, was built in the late 1840s on Capps Creek in eastern Newton County, Missouri. The mill was known originally as Isbell’s Mill after its owner, John Isbell, but came to be called Jolly Mill after a village named Jollification formed around it.

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   jol·li·fi·ca·tion / ˌjäləfiˈkāshən/ • n. lively celebration with others; merrymaking. Source for information on jollification: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English dictionary.