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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)
- 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 […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, "The Faerie Queene", Book I, Canot 2, xi-xii:
- (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.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 16:
- (informal) drunk
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
jolly (plural jollies)
- (Britain, dated) A pleasure trip or excursion.
- (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)
- (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.’
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
Derived terms
- jolly well
Verb
jolly (third-person singular simple present jollies, present participle jollying, simple past and past participle jollied)
- (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)
- (card games) joker
- wild card
See also
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comic
English
Etymology
From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (k?mikós, “relating to comedy”), from ????? (kômos, “carousal”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?m?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?m?k/
- Rhymes: -?m?k
Adjective
comic (comparative more comic, superlative most comic)
- Funny; amusing; comical.
- Relating to comedy.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:funny
- (comedy): comedic, comical
Related terms
- comedian
- comical
- comicality
- comically
- comicalness
- comic strip
Translations
Noun
comic (plural comics)
- A comedian.
- A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
- (Britain) A children's newspaper.
Related terms
- comic book
- comic strip
- comics
- stand-up comic
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French comique, from Latin comicus.
Adjective
comic m or n (feminine singular comic?, masculine plural comici, feminine and neuter plural comice)
- comical
Declension
Spanish
Noun
comic m (plural comics)
- Misspelling of cómic.
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