"jollification" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jollifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: jolly + -fication Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|jolly|fication}} jolly + -fication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} jollification (countable and uncountable, plural jollifications)
  1. A merrymaking; noisy festivity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (noisy festivity): увеселение (uveselenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-jollification-en-noun--9EJCUzQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fication

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jollification meaning in English (1.7kB)

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