JOLLIFICATION, JOLLITY
NOUNS
1386 — BAUDERIE → BAUDERY gaiety, jollity, mirth → obs.
1590 — JOLLIMENT mirth, merriment, jollity, gaiety → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1846 — THROUGH-GANGINGS social gatherings, jollifications → Eng. dial.
.M19 — TANTREMS pranks, games, jollification → sl.
1859 — MAIN-BREW a festivity; jollification → Eng. dial.
1869 — SKITE a jollification, a spree, a binge → Sc.
1892 — RAG a jollification, esp. and orig., an undergraduates’ display of noisy, disorderly conduct and great high spirits, considered by the perpetrators as excellent fun and by many outsiders as ‘a bloody nuisance’ → Brit. university usage
1895 — RAZZLE-DAZZLE a frolic; a spree; riotous jollity → sl.
1898 — GALLAFER noisy, boisterous jollification; loud mirth → Sc.
..L19 — BUN-WORRY a jollification; a hilarious occasion; a fooling about → Aust. & NZ sl.
INTERJECTIONS
1782 — TOL-DE-ROL! an exclamation of jollity
1797 — TOL DE ROL LOL! an exclamation of jollity
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