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jolly

English

Etymology

From Middle English joli, jolif (merry, cheerful), from Old French joli, jolif (merry, joyful)It is uncertain whether the Old French word is from Old Norse jól ("a midwinter feast, Yule", hence "fest-ive") , in which case, equivalent to yule +? -ive; or ultimately from Latin gaude? (see etymology at joy). For the loss of final -f compare tardy, hasty, hussy, etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??li/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?d??li/
  • Rhymes: -?li
  • Hyphenation: jol?ly

Adjective

jolly (comparative jollier, superlative jolliest)

  1. Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, "The Faerie Queene", Book I, Canot 2, xi-xii:
      "Full jolly Knight he seemed [] full large of limb and every joint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point."
    • 1815, William Wordsworth, "Hart-Leap Well," Part Second:
      "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is curst. ..."
    • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., "The Stage Coach":
      [] he is swelled into jolly dimensions by frequent potations of malt liquors []
  2. (colloquial, dated) Splendid, excellent, pleasant.
    • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 16:
      Jo silently notices how white and small her hand is and what a jolly servant she must be to wear such sparkling rings.
  3. (informal) drunk

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

jolly (plural jollies)

  1. (Britain, dated) A pleasure trip or excursion.
  2. (slang, dated) A marine in the English navy.
    Synonym: joey
    • 1896, Rudyard Kipling, Soldier an' Sailor Too
      I'm a Jolly — 'Er Majesty's Jolly — soldier an' sailor too!

Adverb

jolly (comparative more jolly, superlative most jolly)

  1. (Britain, dated) very, extremely
    • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
      Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’

Derived terms

  • jolly well

Verb

jolly (third-person singular simple present jollies, present participle jollying, simple past and past participle jollied)

  1. (transitive) To amuse or divert.

Derived terms

  • jolly along

Translations

References

  • Jolly in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 15, p. 495.

Italian

Etymology

From English jolly joker, an older name for the joker card in a deck of cards.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d???l.li/

Noun

jolly m (invariable)

  1. (card games) joker
  2. wild card

See also

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bright

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: br?t, IPA(key): /b?a?t/
  • Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

The adjective is derived from Middle English bright (giving off much light; of colour or light: brilliant, intense; brightly lit; gleaming, shining; glorious, resplendent; of a person: beautiful, fair, rosy; wonderful; clear; of eyesight: keen; (figuratively) free from sin; enlightened) [and other forms], from Old English bryht, breht (Northumbrian), a metathetic variant of byrht (Anglian), beorht (West Saxon), berht (bright, clear) [and other forms] from Proto-West Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (bright, shining), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ereg- (to gleam, whiten), *b?erH?- (to shine).

The noun is derived from Middle English bright (brightness, brilliance; daylight; light), from bright (adjective): see above.

The English word is cognate with Albanian bardhë (white), Dutch brecht (in personal names), Icelandic bjartur (bright), Lithuanian brekšta (to dawn), Middle Irish brafad (blink of an eye), Norwegian bjart (bright, clear, shining), Persian ???????? (barâzidan, to beautify; to befit), Russian ????????? (brézžit?, to dawn; to flicker faintly, glimmer; (figuratively) of a hope, thought, etc.: to begin to manifest, emerge), Sanskrit ??????? (bhr?jate), Scots bricht (bright), Welsh berth (beautiful, fair, fine) (obsolete).

Adjective

bright (comparative brighter, superlative brightest)

  1. Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
  2. Of light: brilliant, intense.
  3. Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
    Synonyms: lustrous; see also Thesaurus:shiny
    Antonym: dull
  4. Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
  5. Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
  6. (figuratively)
    1. Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
    2. Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
    3. Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
    4. Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
    5. Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
    6. Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
    7. Glorious; illustrious.
    8. In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:happy
      Antonyms: see Thesaurus:sad
    9. Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
    10. Of a person: lively, vivacious.
    11. Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
    12. Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
    13. Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
    14. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intelligent
      Antonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid
    15. (archaic)
      1. Of the eyes: able to see clearly; of eyesight: keen, sharp.
      2. Manifest to the mind as light is to the eyes; clear, evident, plain.
    16. (music) Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
  7. (metallurgy) Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • Appendix:Word formation verb -en noun -ness

Noun

bright (plural brights)

  1. (archaic or literary)
    1. Brightness, glow.
    2. (figuratively) Glory, splendour.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
  3. A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
    Synonyms: humanist, nonsupernaturalist
    Antonyms: super, supernaturalist
    Hyponym: atheist
  4. (painting) An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English brighte (brightly; (figuratively) brilliantly, lustrously; of colour: boldly, vividly; clearly, distinctly; of voice: loudly) [and other forms], from Old English breohte, beorhte (West Saxon) [and other forms], ultimately from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (bright, shining); see further at etymology 1.

Adverb

bright (comparative more bright, superlative most bright)

  1. (often literary) In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.
  2. (figuratively)
    1. Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.
    2. (archaic) Referring to sight, sound, understanding, etc.: clearly, distinctly; brightly.
Derived terms
  • bright and early
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English brighten (to illuminate; to become light, dawn; (figuratively) to cleanse, purify; to clarify, explain) [and other forms], from Old English beorhtian (to brighten, shine; to sound clearly or loudly) [and other forms], probably from beorht (bright, clear, adjective) (see further at etymology 1) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns). Later uses of the word are probably also derived from the adjective.

Verb

bright (third-person singular simple present brights, present participle brighting, simple past and past participle brighted) (chiefly Britain, dialectal)

  1. (transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
    Synonyms: (to cause to be bright) embrighten, (to make energetic) enliven, delight, gladden, (to make happy) please
  3. (intransitive, also figuratively) Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
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References

Further reading

  • brightness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Brights movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • bright (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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