convivialityn.
/kənˌvɪvɪˈalɪti/ a. The quality of being convivial; the enjoyment of festive society, festivity; (of persons) convivial spirit or disposition.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun]
mirthOE
joyc1275
jollitya1300
joy-makingc1330
good fellowship?c1430
wine and womena1450
junketing1555
merrymake1579
gaiety1612
jovialty1621
joviality1626
mirth-making1638
jovialness1658
jollitry?c1685
goodfellowhood1716
merrymaking1779
conviviality1791
jollification1818
making-merry1823
carnivalizing1841
skite1869
Wein, Weib, und Gesang1885
balling1942
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1779 II. 297 A man of sterling good sense, information, discernment, and conviviality.
1797 E. Malone in J. Reynolds Wks. I. p. lv These extemporaneous entertainments were often productive of greater conviviality.
1817 Sir D. Wilkie in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 472 The dinner was given quite in the ancient style of Border conviviality.
1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iv. 84 His disqualifications for the coarsest forms of conviviality.
b. plural. Convivial practices, festivities.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun]
treschec1290
laetificationc1485
gossiping1557
special occasion1574
merry-meeting1597
merrymaking1618
frolic1645
merriment1663
rush1788
convivialities1830
merrymake1833
upshot1837
ball1879
spurt1885
sing-sing1899
jolly1905
rage1980
1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) I. 263 In the course of his..convivialities he was attacked with a serious illness.
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