Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jollification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: jol-li-fi-ca-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A merrymaking; noisy festivity.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I shall go down with you on Wednesday in time for the jollification on Thursday. I always enjoy that day; they are such nice, friendly people, those good Hollingford ladies."
"1872, Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Justice Harbottle,” Chapter 2, in In a Glass Darkly, […] old Judge Harbottle had arranged one of his dubious jollifications, such as might well make the hair of godly men's heads stand upright for that night."
"[…] the streams would run with wine instead of water and the whole forest would give itself up to jollification for weeks on end."

Etymology

From jolly + -fication.

Usage

Inflected Forms

jollifications (plural)

Synonyms

merrymaking conviviality

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does jollification mean?: A merrymaking; noisy festivity.
Where does jollification come from?: From jolly + -fication.

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