JOLLIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jollification mean? 

• JOLLIFICATION (noun)
  The noun JOLLIFICATION has 1 sense:

1. a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity

  Familiarity information: JOLLIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOLLIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conviviality; jollification; merrymaking

Hypernyms ("jollification" is a kind of...):

celebration; festivity (any joyous diversion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jollification"):

high jinks; high jinx; hijinks; jinks (noisy and mischievous merrymaking)

revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)

Derivation:

jollify (celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities)

 Context examples 

The facts are these: about four o’clock on Christmas morning, Peterson, who, as you know, is a very honest fellow, was returning from some small jollification and was making his way homeward down Tottenham Court Road.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)