colloq. [f. JOLLY a. + -FICATION.] The action of jollifying or making merry, merrymaking, jollity; a merrymaking.
1809. W. Irving, Knickerb., VI. i. (1849), 313. For some time this war of the cupboard was carried on to the great festivity and jollification of the Swedes.
1818. Scott, Lett. to Morritt, 5 Nov., in Lockhart. We had a grand jollification here last week.
1863. Cowden Clarke, Shaks. Char., viii. 200. She rates Sir Toby, and soundly, about his late hours; twitting him with his jollifications.
1872. Hardwick, Trad. Lanc., 117. There existed no impediment to unlimited jollification.
