jolliness
noun
jol·li·ness
-lēnə̇s,
-lin-
plural -es
: the quality or state of being jolly
could not wholly eradicate that inherent English jolliness
Roy Lewis & Angus Maude
Roy Lewis & Angus Maude
Word History
Etymology
Middle English jolifnesse, jolynesse, from jolif, joly + -nesse -ness
- two cents' worth
- two heads are better than one
- Two Kettle
- two kettles
- two left feet
- two leg
- two o' cat
- two of a kind
- two old cat
- two pair
- two pairs
- two peas in a pod
- two pipe
- Two Sicilies
- two sides of the same coin
- two wrongs don't make a right
- two's company, three's a crowd
- two's complement
- two-a-day
- two-along
- two-and-one-half striper
- two-arched
- two-bagger
- two-baggers
- two-base hit