jovialityn.
/ˌdʒəʊvɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌdʒoʊviˈælədi/ The quality of being jovial; hearty mirth, humour, or good-fellowship; jollity, festivity, conviviality.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry
merrinesseOE
jollitya1350
jollinessc1386
jocundityc1420
festivity1583
buxomness1598
joviality1626
mirthsomenessa1645
jocosity1646
allegresse1652
jovialness1658
mirthfulness1749
festiveness1777
zizz1920
gleefulness1934
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun]
mirthOE
joyc1275
jollitya1300
joy-makingc1330
good fellowship?c1430
wine and womena1450
junketing1555
merrymake1579
gaiety1612
jovialty1621
joviality1626
mirth-making1638
jovialness1658
jollitry?c1685
goodfellowhood1716
merrymaking1779
conviviality1791
jollification1818
making-merry1823
carnivalizing1841
skite1869
Wein, Weib, und Gesang1885
balling1942
1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man i. 90 Where Iouialitie taketh his place, there Ioy will bid him welcome.
1788 H. Walpole Reminiscences (1924) i. 13 His majesty, fond of private joviality.
1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages I. v. 183 A description of the jovialities of an English drinking party of the twelfth century.
1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike I. i. 25 Joviality was the fashionable physician's..line.
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