jolly
English
/ˈdʒɒli/, /ˈdʒɑli/
adj
Definitions
- Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial.
- Full of life and mirth; jouous; merry.
- (colloquial) Splendid, excellent, pleasant
- (colloquial) Large
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English joli derived from Old French joli derived from Old Norse jól (a midwinter festival, yule, midwinter season) suffix from English yule derived from Latin gaudeō (rejoice, I rejoice, enjoy).
Origin
Latin
gaudeō
Gloss
rejoice, I rejoice, enjoy
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Jolliffe English
- jollification English
- jollify English
- jollily English
- jolliment English
- jolliness English
- jollyhead English
- jollytail English
- tail English
- unjolly English
- yule English
- aggaudeo Latin
- congaudeo Latin
- gaudebundus Latin
- gaudeō Latin
- gaudibundus Latin
- pergaudeo Latin
- praegaudeo Latin
- supergaudeo Latin
- jul Norwegian Bokmål
- *jehwlą Proto-Germanic
- jol Norwegian Nynorsk
- jul Norwegian Nynorsk
- ġeōl Old English
- joli Middle English
- jolinesse Middle English
- jol Old Norse
- jól Old Norse
- jul Danish
- joli Old French
- jól Icelandic
- jól Faroese
- joly Middle French
- iūl Old Swedish
- joulu Ingrian