jollification
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jollification
Example Sentences
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Boring as it may seem, most Californians want someone who’ll focus on their workaday concerns, not jollification.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Although “Donizetti” has no scenery and no narrative, it looks at first like an outtake from the older ballet’s celebration of the festival of the vine, with the jollification of decorous peasants.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2011
After this solemn moment all was jollification and singing of "Now we have soldiers again!" in the streets of Old Cologne.
From Time Magazine Archive
First there was jollification as there must be when Governors get together.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a perfect carnival—a general jollification along the whole line.
From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.
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