n. [ Jolly + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy. ] A merrymaking; noisy festivity. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
We have had a jollification or so together. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a jolly manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Jollity. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Jollity; noisy mirth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Jolly: cf. OF. jolieté, joliveté. ] Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
All now was turned to jollity and game. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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.
a.
Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
“A jolly place, ” said he, “in times of old!
But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
And with his jolly pipe delights the groves. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. [ Colloq. ]
We want you to jolly them up a bit. Brander Matthews.
At noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and gently “jollied” the doctor's topography. F. Remington. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.;
I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an' sailor too! Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ A corruption of Dan. jolle yawl, or of D. jol yawl + E. boat. See Yawl the boat. ] (Naut.) A boat of medium size belonging to a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]