joviality

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French jovialité. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒoʊviˈælɪti/ Rhymes: -ælɪti === Noun === joviality (countable and uncountable, plural jovialities) The state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality. Synonyms: jolliness, jovialness; see also Thesaurus:happiness 1651, Fulgenzio Micanzio, The Life of the Most Learned Father Paul, Of the Order of the Servie, translator not credited, London: Humphrey Moseley and Richard Marriot, p. 13,[1] The Duke […] willingly interposed the pleasures of wit and facetiousnesse with the grave cares of his government, tempering wisely his troubles with Joviality of words and actions […] ==== Translations ====