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jolliment

jolliment noun: jollity; cheer.

Noun

jolliment (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) jollity; cheer
    • Matter of mirth enough, though there were none, She could devise, and thousand ways invent To feed her foolish humour, and vain jolliment.1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book), Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 3

Origin of jolliment

From jolly + -ment.

Questions about jolliment

What does jolliment mean?
Jolliment means jollity; cheer.
What part of speech is jolliment?
Jolliment is a noun.

Words near jolliment in the dictionary

  1. jollified
  2. jollifies
  3. jollify
  4. jollifying
  5. jollily
  6. jolliment
  7. jolliness
  8. jollinesses
  9. jolling
  10. jollisome
  11. jollities

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