jovialnessn.
/ˈdʒəʊvɪəlnɪs/ Jovial quality, joviality.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry
merrinesseOE
jollitya1350
jollinessc1386
jocundityc1420
festivity1583
buxomness1598
joviality1626
mirthsomenessa1645
jocosity1646
allegresse1652
jovialness1658
mirthfulness1749
festiveness1777
zizz1920
gleefulness1934
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
1658 J. Hewitt Serm. 32 Swearing with such persons, is but a grace and lustre to their speech..drunkenness, jovialness, or good fellowship.
1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 Antiquities 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.
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