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jovialness|ˈdʒəʊvɪəlnɪs|
[f. jovial a. + -ness.]
Jovial quality, joviality.
1658J. Hewitt Serm. 32 Swearing with such persons, is but a grace and lustre to their speech..drunkenness, jovialness, or good fellowship. 1764in Ann. Reg. 173/1 By way of ridicule of their jovialness and hospitality, when a man was in liquor, they would call him as drunk as a lord. |