jollification
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of jollification
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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
First there was jollification as there must be when Governors get together.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newsmen know that little is ever accomplished during their perennial Manhattan muster save chit-chat and jollification.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few nights after the above occurrence, another jollification was held at my rooms.
From Four Years A Scout and Spy by E. C. Downs
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