jolly

Meanings

Adjective

• Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.
• Splendid, excellent, pleasant.
• drunk

Noun

• A pleasure trip or excursion.
• A marine in the English navy.

Adverb

• very, extremely

Verb

• To amuse or divert.

Origin

• From Middle English joli, jolif, from Old French joli, jolif
• , in which case, equivalent to yule + -ive; or ultimately from Latin gaudeō (see etymology at joy). For the loss of final -f compare tardy, hasty, hussy, etc.