jollityn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɒlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɑlədi/

Forms: α. Middle English iolif-, -yf-, -ive-, -yvete. β. Middle English–1500s ioli-, ioly-, (Middle English golly-), 1500s–1600s ioyli-, ioyly-, iolli-, 1600s– jolli-; Middle English -te, Middle English–1500s -tee, 1500s -tye, -ti, 1500s–1600s -tie, 1500s– -ty.

Etymology: < Old French jolivete, joliete, jolite, < jolif , joli : see jolly adj. and -ty suffix¹.

1. The quality or condition of being jolly, light-hearted, or festive; exuberant mirth or cheerfulness; †levity, giddiness (obsolete).

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

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness

giddinessa1290

lightnessc1384

gerishnessa1513

fantasticnessc1550

unstaidnessa1557

fantasticalness1583

triflingnessa1586

spleen1598

capriciousness1607

skittishness1607

humorousness1611

wavinga1628

volageness1633

arbitrariness1643

garishness1649

legerity1652

mercury1653

volatility1655

caprich1656

humoursomeness1662

hoity-toity1668

jollity1670

unaccountableness1676

freak1678

whimsya1680

featheriness1689

toysomeness1697

caprice1711

whimsicalness1715

flirtation1718

whima1721

flightiness1747

whimsicality1761

giggishness1781

fancifulness1818

hoity-toityness1820

whifflery1835

crotchetiness1837

quirkiness1870

faddishness1884

faddism1885

vagarity1886

erraticism1889

whimsiness1909

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 62 Wymmon, wiþ þi iolyfte, þou þench on Godes shoures.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith x. 3 She clothide hir with the clothis of hir jolite.

a1400–50 Alexander 3537 Quen al þe iolite of Giugne and Iulus was endid.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 73 The doughter of Iacob whiche for lyghtnes and iolyte of herte lefte the hous of her fader.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxiii Omnia fert ætas, both helth and iolte.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 214 A youth, through jollity of mind unwilling perhaps to be detain'd long with sad and sorrowfull Narrations.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §26. 113 The passion excited by beauty is..nearer to a species of melancholy, than to jollity and mirth.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxi. 238 O happiest Lovers, jollity live with you.

2. Merrymaking, festivity, revelry; plural, Festivities, festive dissipations or enjoyments.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1300 Cursor Mundi 28147 Caroles, iolites, and plaies. Ic haue be-haldyn.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxvi. 100 The knyght yede to the tornement scil. as ofte as a man goþe to the Iolytees of worldlye speculacions.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 292 in Poems (1981) 15 Thus as thay sat in all thair iolitie.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 40 For all my treasure spente on Iewells, and spilte in iollytie, what recompence shall I reape besides repentaunce?

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xiii. sig. K3 It comes, like an arrest of Treason in a Iollity.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. x. 84 Not keeping company with the other Officers of the Army in their jollities, and excesses.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 80. ⁋7 Winter brings natural inducements to jollity and conversation.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 321 The coarse jollity of the afternoon was often prolonged till the revellers were laid under the table.

†3. Pleasure, enjoyment; esp. sexual pleasure, lust. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun]

lustc888

lustfulnessa900

queemnesseOE

mirtheOE

estec1000

winOE

queemc1175

sweetness?c1225

solace1297

dutea1300

lustinga1300

joyingc1300

jollityc1330

lustiheadc1369

lustinessc1374

sweet1377

voluptyc1380

well-pleasinga1382

pleasancec1385

pleasurea1393

volupta1398

easementc1400

pleasingc1400

complacencec1436

pleasec1475

satisfaction1477

likancea1500

oblectation1508

beauty1523

aggradation1533

pleasurancec1540

joc1560

likement1577

contentment1587

beloving1589

gratification1598

savouriness1599

entertain1601

pleasedness1626

well-apaidness1633

well-pleasedness1633

pleasingness1649

complacency1652

adlubescence1656

enjoyment1665

volupe1669

musica1674

pleasantry1740

barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun]

willOE

loveOE

likinga1200

jollityc1330

desirec1340

fire1340

naturec1387

ragea1425

pride1486

lovered1487

Venus1513

courage1541

passion1648

lusting1760

philogenitiveness1815

body-urge1930

hots1940

hard-on1949

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 50 Knoute of his body gate sonnes þre, Tuo by tuo wifes, þe þrid in jolifte.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter ii. 10 Enuye couartis iolifte and oþer vices.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. vii. 62 Of whyche bestys al the entencyon hasteth to fulfylle hyr bodyly Iolyte.

c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 132 Nedes moste he fighte..For paramour and Iolitee Of oon that shoon ful brighte.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 41 [Thei] that..thought more on her iolytees and the worldes delite..thanne thei dede on the service of God.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 242 In gelt men..all vigour of lust and desire of ioylity is extinguished.

†4. Insolent presumption or self-confidence; presumptuous self-reliance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [noun]

presumptiona1250

overweena1300

jollitya1340

overweening1340

overhopec1390

surfeitryc1425

presumptuousnessa1450

outrecuidance?c1450

sauciness1534

presumptiousness1550

presume1590

confidence1597

assuming1602

self-assumption1609

overweeningness1621

self-assuming1644

assumingnessa1832

assumptiousness1870

hubris1884

hybris1920

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxiv. 7 The trespasis of my ȝouthed that is my iolifte and fole hardynes.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Liij^v The poore wydowe..wyth ii or iii wordes shall brynge him downe to the grounde, and destroye hys iolytye.

1581 Confer. (1584) ii. sig. H This he spake with great iolitie and scoffingly.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §6. 441 In this jollitie of conceit, hee determined to fight.

†5. Gallantry, bravery. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > chivalry > gallantry > [noun]

jollity?c1550

gallantness1555

gallantry1688

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 89 Wee will returne unto Carausius..renomed throwghe his jolitee in warfare.

†6. A beauty, grace, or personal accomplishment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive quality or feature

lust1390

jollity1484

allure1534

Venus1540

attract1593

attraction1599

attractive1607

gold dust1690

charm1697

charmingness1727

take1794

charmfulness1842

style1897

appeal1916

pull factor1938

1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) iv. 57 If by beaute of facion, or by a body fayr grete & wel aourned, or by fayr here..and by the other Iolytees shold a squyer be adoubed knyght..lowe and vyle mayst thou make knyghtes.

†7. A state of splendour, exaltation, or eminent prosperity; splendour, magnificence; finery of dress or array. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence

thrumOE

prideOE

wealc1290

noblessec1330

pompc1330

statec1330

nobletya1387

royaltyc1405

magnificence?1435

gloriousnessc1440

pompousness1447

noblenessc1450

pomperyc1460

triumpha1513

princeliness1545

gorgeousness1549

jollity1549

stateliness1556

proudnessa1586

royalitya1607

splendour1616

grandeur1652

superbiousness1654

splendidnessa1657

lustre1658

superbness1779

pompa1783

splendaciousness1853

magnoliousness1921

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Lv^v He shewed him al the kyngedoms of the worlde, and all theyr Iolitie.

1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 363 In the time of Pope Boniface the Eight, when the Authority of the Bishop of Rome was in greatest iollity.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxvi. sig. E2^v To behold..needie Nothing trimd in iollitie .

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 284 To proclaim iudgement against an Oppressing King [sc. Ahab] in the prime of his Iollity.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 109 The Jollity and Pomp of the Heathens is much allayed by the Puritanism and unlimited Power of the Moors.

†8. Pleasantry, jocularity; joke, jest. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry

playOE

gameOE

ragec1330

ribaldyc1330

triflinga1382

bourda1387

japeryc1386

jesting1526

jest1551

jollity1591

pleasantry1602

lepidity1647

drollery1653

droll1670

sport1671

pleasancy1684

funniment1822

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 92 Two souldiers,..vpon a iolity challenged one another to wrestle.

1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. Ded. 82 Others in their iollitie haue reported that they could neuer salute the Sunne in England.

1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 106 They must..out of the humour of their jollities, give vent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jollity
释义	jollityn. Brit. /ˈdʒɒlᵻti/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑlədi/ Forms: α. Middle English iolif-, -yf-, -ive-, -yvete. β. Middle English–1500s ioli-, ioly-, (Middle English golly-), 1500s–1600s ioyli-, ioyly-, iolli-, 1600s– jolli-; Middle English -te, Middle English–1500s -tee, 1500s -tye, -ti, 1500s–1600s -tie, 1500s– -ty. Etymology: < Old French jolivete, joliete, jolite, < jolif , joli : see jolly adj. and -ty suffix¹. 1. The quality or condition of being jolly, light-hearted, or festive; exuberant mirth or cheerfulness; †levity, giddiness (obsolete). 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 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness giddinessa1290 lightnessc1384 gerishnessa1513 fantasticnessc1550 unstaidnessa1557 fantasticalness1583 triflingnessa1586 spleen1598 capriciousness1607 skittishness1607 humorousness1611 wavinga1628 volageness1633 arbitrariness1643 garishness1649 legerity1652 mercury1653 volatility1655 caprich1656 humoursomeness1662 hoity-toity1668 jollity1670 unaccountableness1676 freak1678 whimsya1680 featheriness1689 toysomeness1697 caprice1711 whimsicalness1715 flirtation1718 whima1721 flightiness1747 whimsicality1761 giggishness1781 fancifulness1818 hoity-toityness1820 whifflery1835 crotchetiness1837 quirkiness1870 faddishness1884 faddism1885 vagarity1886 erraticism1889 whimsiness1909 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 62 Wymmon, wiþ þi iolyfte, þou þench on Godes shoures. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith x. 3 She clothide hir with the clothis of hir jolite. a1400–50 Alexander 3537 Quen al þe iolite of Giugne and Iulus was endid. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 73 The doughter of Iacob whiche for lyghtnes and iolyte of herte lefte the hous of her fader. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxiii Omnia fert ætas, both helth and iolte. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 214 A youth, through jollity of mind unwilling perhaps to be detain'd long with sad and sorrowfull Narrations. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §26. 113 The passion excited by beauty is..nearer to a species of melancholy, than to jollity and mirth. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxi. 238 O happiest Lovers, jollity live with you. 2. Merrymaking, festivity, revelry; plural, Festivities, festive dissipations or enjoyments. ΘΚΠ 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 a1300 Cursor Mundi 28147 Caroles, iolites, and plaies. Ic haue be-haldyn. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxvi. 100 The knyght yede to the tornement scil. as ofte as a man goþe to the Iolytees of worldlye speculacions. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 292 in Poems (1981) 15 Thus as thay sat in all thair iolitie. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 40 For all my treasure spente on Iewells, and spilte in iollytie, what recompence shall I reape besides repentaunce? 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xiii. sig. K3 It comes, like an arrest of Treason in a Iollity. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. x. 84 Not keeping company with the other Officers of the Army in their jollities, and excesses. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 80. ⁋7 Winter brings natural inducements to jollity and conversation. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 321 The coarse jollity of the afternoon was often prolonged till the revellers were laid under the table. †3. Pleasure, enjoyment; esp. sexual pleasure, lust. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] lustc888 lustfulnessa900 queemnesseOE mirtheOE estec1000 winOE queemc1175 sweetness?c1225 solace1297 dutea1300 lustinga1300 joyingc1300 jollityc1330 lustiheadc1369 lustinessc1374 sweet1377 voluptyc1380 well-pleasinga1382 pleasancec1385 pleasurea1393 volupta1398 easementc1400 pleasingc1400 complacencec1436 pleasec1475 satisfaction1477 likancea1500 oblectation1508 beauty1523 aggradation1533 pleasurancec1540 joc1560 likement1577 contentment1587 beloving1589 gratification1598 savouriness1599 entertain1601 pleasedness1626 well-apaidness1633 well-pleasedness1633 pleasingness1649 complacency1652 adlubescence1656 enjoyment1665 volupe1669 musica1674 pleasantry1740 barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] willOE loveOE likinga1200 jollityc1330 desirec1340 fire1340 naturec1387 ragea1425 pride1486 lovered1487 Venus1513 courage1541 passion1648 lusting1760 philogenitiveness1815 body-urge1930 hots1940 hard-on1949 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 50 Knoute of his body gate sonnes þre, Tuo by tuo wifes, þe þrid in jolifte. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter ii. 10 Enuye couartis iolifte and oþer vices. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. vii. 62 Of whyche bestys al the entencyon hasteth to fulfylle hyr bodyly Iolyte. c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 132 Nedes moste he fighte..For paramour and Iolitee Of oon that shoon ful brighte. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 41 [Thei] that..thought more on her iolytees and the worldes delite..thanne thei dede on the service of God. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 242 In gelt men..all vigour of lust and desire of ioylity is extinguished. †4. Insolent presumption or self-confidence; presumptuous self-reliance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [noun] presumptiona1250 overweena1300 jollitya1340 overweening1340 overhopec1390 surfeitryc1425 presumptuousnessa1450 outrecuidance?c1450 sauciness1534 presumptiousness1550 presume1590 confidence1597 assuming1602 self-assumption1609 overweeningness1621 self-assuming1644 assumingnessa1832 assumptiousness1870 hubris1884 hybris1920 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxiv. 7 The trespasis of my ȝouthed that is my iolifte and fole hardynes. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Liij^v The poore wydowe..wyth ii or iii wordes shall brynge him downe to the grounde, and destroye hys iolytye. 1581 Confer. (1584) ii. sig. H This he spake with great iolitie and scoffingly. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §6. 441 In this jollitie of conceit, hee determined to fight. †5. Gallantry, bravery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > chivalry > gallantry > [noun] jollity?c1550 gallantness1555 gallantry1688 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 89 Wee will returne unto Carausius..renomed throwghe his jolitee in warfare. †6. A beauty, grace, or personal accomplishment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive quality or feature lust1390 jollity1484 allure1534 Venus1540 attract1593 attraction1599 attractive1607 gold dust1690 charm1697 charmingness1727 take1794 charmfulness1842 style1897 appeal1916 pull factor1938 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) iv. 57 If by beaute of facion, or by a body fayr grete & wel aourned, or by fayr here..and by the other Iolytees shold a squyer be adoubed knyght..lowe and vyle mayst thou make knyghtes. †7. A state of splendour, exaltation, or eminent prosperity; splendour, magnificence; finery of dress or array. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence thrumOE prideOE wealc1290 noblessec1330 pompc1330 statec1330 nobletya1387 royaltyc1405 magnificence?1435 gloriousnessc1440 pompousness1447 noblenessc1450 pomperyc1460 triumpha1513 princeliness1545 gorgeousness1549 jollity1549 stateliness1556 proudnessa1586 royalitya1607 splendour1616 grandeur1652 superbiousness1654 splendidnessa1657 lustre1658 superbness1779 pompa1783 splendaciousness1853 magnoliousness1921 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Lv^v He shewed him al the kyngedoms of the worlde, and all theyr Iolitie. 1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 363 In the time of Pope Boniface the Eight, when the Authority of the Bishop of Rome was in greatest iollity. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxvi. sig. E2^v To behold..needie Nothing trimd in iollitie . View more context for this quotation 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 284 To proclaim iudgement against an Oppressing King [sc. Ahab] in the prime of his Iollity. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 109 The Jollity and Pomp of the Heathens is much allayed by the Puritanism and unlimited Power of the Moors. †8. Pleasantry, jocularity; joke, jest. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry playOE gameOE ragec1330 ribaldyc1330 triflinga1382 bourda1387 japeryc1386 jesting1526 jest1551 jollity1591 pleasantry1602 lepidity1647 drollery1653 droll1670 sport1671 pleasancy1684 funniment1822 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 92 Two souldiers,..vpon a iolity challenged one another to wrestle. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. Ded. 82 Others in their iollitie haue reported that they could neuer salute the Sunne in England. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 106 They must..out of the humour of their jollities, give vent. 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