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Vinony

joviality

noun

  1. feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒoʊviˈælɪti/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree French jovialitébor. English joviality Borrowed from French jovialité.

  1. The state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality.

    “1651, Fulgenzio Micanzio, The Life of the Most Learned Father Paul, Of the Order of the Servie, translator not credited, London: Humphrey Moseley and Richard Marriot, p. 13, The Duke […] willingly interposed the pleasures of wit and facetiousnesse with the grave cares of his government, tempering wisely his troubles with Joviality of words and actions […]”

    “I noticed that Mr. Pumblechook in his hospitality appeared to forget that he had made a present of the wine, but took the bottle from Mrs. Joe and had all the credit of handing it about in a gush of joviality.”