jollity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
    joviality; jolliness.

WordNet

Jol"li*ty noun
Etymology
From Jolly: cf. OF. jolieté, joliveté.
Definitions
  1. Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment. Chaucer.
    All now was turned to jollity and game. Milton.
    He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that quarrel only for him, who was only worthy to enter into it. Sir P. Sidney.
    Syn. -- Merriment; mirth; gayety; festivity; hilarity.

Webster 1913