jollification
pronunciation
How to pronounce jollification in British English:
UK [ˌdʒɒlɪfɪ'keɪʃən]
How to pronounce jollification in American English:
US [ˌdʒɒləfə'keɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity
Word Origin
- jollification (n.)
- "merrymaking," 1809, American English, from jolly + -fication. Shortened form jolly led to phrase get (one's) jollies "have fun" (1957).
Example
- 1. I liked jollification , but I also liked quietness ; I liked living in groups , but I liked staying alone too .
- 2. Travel companies are now offering special winter breaks fo rpeople who are fed up with the tedious jollification associated with christmas .
- 3. An object , a world , as I look down to the flying seasons under my brush , I recall with emotion of these tiny lives . In the sonic changing world , they use to be full of jollification and enthusiasm .
- 4. Only in the embanked courtyard of county senior high school which was located in halfway up the mountain , there was a scene of jollification at the moment .