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
Newsmen know that little is ever accomplished during their perennial Manhattan muster save chit-chat and jollification.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
I meant that I was in no position to indulge in luxuries, or outside jollification, like going abroad, for instance, to escape English winters, and so on.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
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