jovialtyn.
/ˈdʒəʊvɪəlti/ Now rare.
= joviality n.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun]
dreamOE
man-dreamOE
gleea1200
galec1200
bauderyc1386
oliprancec1390
cheera1393
gaynessc1400
disportc1405
joyousitiea1450
festivitya1500
lakea1500
gaiety1573
merriment1574
jucundity1575
galliardise?1577
jouissance1579
merrymake1579
jolliment1590
mirth1591
jollyhead1596
spleen1598
jocantry16..
geniality1609
jovialty1621
jocundry1637
gaietry1650
sport1671
fun1726
galliardism1745
gig1777
merrymaking1779
hilarity1834
rollick1852
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
1621 H. Farley St. Paules-Church sig. E2 Ride on likewise, yee worthy Knights, With Iovialty and pleasure.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Peter iv. 3 In the Bacchanals and Jovialties of their Idolatry.
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid i, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 259 The gifts and jovialty of the god.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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