n.
[Cf. F. jovialité.]
The quality or state of being jovial. Sir T. Herbert.
joviality
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- A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness. See laughter.
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
Synonym: jollity
Meaning #2:
a jovial nature
Synonym: conviviality
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