JOLLY
ADJECTIVES
1385 — FEASTLY festive, fond of feasting, jolly → obs.
1400 — CROUSE in somewhat high or lively spirits; vivacious; pert, brisk, lively, jolly → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
.M16 — BOON convivial, jolly, genial
1569 — JOLIOUS jolly, full of jollity → obs. exc. Sc.
1616 — LUSTICK merry, jolly; chiefly used with reference to drinking → obs.
1720 — GAUCIE → GAUCY → GAUSIE → GAWCIE → GAWCY → GAWSY of persons: well-dressed and jolly-looking; of things: large and handsome → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1785 — WALY pleasant, jolly → Sc.
..19C — SPROUNCEY cheerful, jolly; slightly intoxicated → Eng. dial.
1824 — JOLLOCK jolly, fat, hearty, and healthy → Sc.
1838 — LUMMY first-rate; clever; jolly → sl.
.M19 — RORTY boisterous; rowdy; jolly; splendid → sl.
1856 — BRICKISH jolly, fine → sl.
1859 — CHAFFEY → CHAFFY boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering → Amer. dial.
1865 — TITTUPY jolly, lively
1884 — JANNOCK satisfactory, fit, proper; pleasant, jolly, agreeable, easy to get on with → Eng. dial.
1911 — BOUZY of a jolly and good-humoured appearance → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 — SPANKING fine, up-to-date, jolly → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1692 — COYSE jolliness, joy → obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1597 — EPHESIAN a boon companion; a jolly fellow; a roisterer; a toper, a drunkard → obs.
1599 — BAWCOCK a fine fellow; a good fellow; a jolly fellow; a burlesque term of endearment → arch.
1836 — BON ENFANT an agreeable or jolly companion
1881 — WIDOW’S MAN a jolly fellow → (Bk.)
1895 — TULIP a smart, jolly character; a slang term of address → Eng. dial.
..20C — HAYMAKER a jolly sort of fellow → UK sl.
1935 — TEAR a lively, entertaining person; a jolly sort; a comic → Sc.
1944 — BABY BLIMP a jolly fat girl → services’ sl. (Bk.)
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