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jollification

[jol-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌdʒɒl ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /








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Boring as it may seem, most Californians want someone who’ll focus on their workaday concerns, not jollification.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

Although “Donizetti” has no scenery and no narrative, it looks at first like an outtake from the older ballet’s celebration of the festival of the vine, with the jollification of decorous peasants.

From New York Times Jun. 1, 2011

Newsmen know that little is ever accomplished during their perennial Manhattan muster save chit-chat and jollification.

From Time Magazine Archive

After this solemn moment all was jollification and singing of "Now we have soldiers again!" in the streets of Old Cologne.

From Time Magazine Archive

But this is a special occasion and more like a jollification than anything else.

From J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb




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