| 单词 | jollify |
| 释义 | jollify (once / 26924 pages) v To jollify is to make merry or have a boisterous celebration. You might plan to jollify with your friends on Saturday night in honor of your upcoming birthday. When you have a lively party or a festive celebration of any kind, you jollify. Some people jollify just because it's the weekend, while for others it takes a special occasion to really let go and jollify. While the noun jollification is still occasionally used these days, it's rare to hear someone use the 1800's verb jollify. Both words stem from jolly, which has an Old French root, jolif, "festive, merry, or pretty." WORD FAMILYjollify: jollification, jollifies, jollifying+/jollification: jollifications USAGE EXAMPLESYou cannot imagine how a little praise jollifies us poor authors to the marrow of our bones. Fields, James T., Yesterdays with Authors(2010) To-night you may jollify; but after that you are under strict discipline, for a month at least. Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge), Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale(2010) v celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities Syn|Hypo|Hyper make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up carouse, riot, roister engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking celebrate, fete have a celebration |
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