mirth and jollity

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• mirth — mirth, glee, jollity, hilarity are comparable when they mean the mood or temper of a person or a group of persons manifesting joy or high spirits especially in laughter, play, or merrymaking. Mirth often implies lightness of heart and a love of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Jollity — Jol li*ty, n. [From {Jolly}: cf. OF. joliet[ e], jolivet[ e].] Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] All now was turned to jollity and game. Milton. [1913 Webster] He with a proud jollity… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mirth — mirthless, adj. /merrth/, n. 1. gaiety or jollity, esp. when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season. 2. amusement or laughter: He was unable to conceal his mirth. [bef. 900; ME mirthe, OE myrgth. See MERRY, TH1]… …   Universalium

• mirth — noun a) The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety. And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily, that, though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join him in his mirth.… …   Wiktionary

• jollity — Synonyms and related words: amusement, blitheness, cheer, conviviality, disport, festivity, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gambol, glee, gleefulness, good cheer, heartiness, high glee, hilariousness, hilarity, holiday making, hoopla, jocularity …   Moby Thesaurus

• mirth — Synonyms and related words: amusement, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, diversion, divertisement, divertissement, enjoyment, entertainment, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, high glee, high spirits,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• jollity — n 1. gaiety, gayness, merriness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, joviality, jocundity, jolliness, glee, gleefulness, mirth, mirthfulness, good or high spirits, Rare. heyday; frolicsomeness, friskiness, playfulness; jubilancy, jubilance, jubilation,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• mirth — n 1. gaiety, gayness, mirthfulness, merriment, hilarity, good or high spirits, glee, jocundity; joviality, jollity, levity, buoyancy, light heartedness, blithesomeness; fun, enjoyment, cakes and ale, revelry, revel, conviviality, festivity,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Gog and Magog — A Persian miniature, Dhul Qarnayn with the help of jinn, building the Iron Wall to keep the barbarian Gog and Magog from civilised peoples. (16th century Persian miniature) …   Wikipedia

• Tamanend — or Tammany (c. 1628–1698) was a chief of one of the clans that made up the Lenni Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley at the time Philadelphia was established. Tamanend is best known as a lover of peace and friendship who played a prominent role… …   Wikipedia

• William Winstanley (Autor) — William Winstanley, zeitgenössische Darstellung von 1667. William Winstanley (* um 1628 in Quendon, Königreich England; † Dezember 1698 ebenda) war ein englischer Dichter, Satiriker, Historiker und Publizist. Neben bedeutenden Werken wie Lives of …   Deutsch Wikipedia