jollification

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English jolly English -fication English jollification From jolly + -fication.

1. A merrymaking; noisy festivity.

   “I shall go down with you on Wednesday in time for the jollification on Thursday. I always enjoy that day; they are such nice, friendly people, those good Hollingford ladies.”

   “1872, Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Justice Harbottle,” Chapter 2, in In a Glass Darkly, […] old Judge Harbottle had arranged one of his dubious jollifications, such as might well make the hair of godly men's heads stand upright for that night.”