See also:

• JOLLY (from O. Fr. jolif; Fr. joli, the French word is obscure in origin; it may be from late Lat. gaudivus, from gaudere, to rejoice, the change of d to 1 being paralleled by cigada and cigale, or from O. Norse jol, Eng. " yule," the northern festival of

JOLLY (from O. Fr. jolif; Fr. joli, the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word is obscure in origin; it may be from See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• LAT

Lat. gaudivus, from gaudere, to rejoice, the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of d to 1 being paralleled by cigada and cigale, or from O. Norse jol, Eng. " See also:

• YULE
• YULE, SIR HENRY (182o-1889)

yule," the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern festival of  midwinter), and See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective meaning See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay, cheerful, jovial, high-spirited . The colloquial use of the See also:

• TERM

term as an intensive adverb, meaning extremely, very, was in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early usage quite See also:

• LITERARY

literary; thus See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Trapp (1601-1669), Commentaries on the New Testament, See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew (1647), writes, " All was See also:

• JOLLY (from O. Fr. jolif; Fr. joli, the French word is obscure in origin; it may be from late Lat. gaudivus, from gaudere, to rejoice, the change of d to 1 being paralleled by cigada and cigale, or from O. Norse jol, Eng. " yule," the northern festival of

jolly quiet at See also:

• EPHESUS
• EPHESUS, COUNCIL OF

Ephesus before St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul came hither." In the royal See also:

• NAVY

navy " jolly " used as a substantive, is the See also:

• SLANG

slang name for a marine . To " jolly " is a slang synonym for " See also:

• CHAFF (from the A.S. ceaf, allied to the O. High Ger. cheva, a husk or pod)

chaff." The word " jolly-See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat," the name of a See also:

• SHIP

ship's small broad boat, usually See also:

• CLINKER

clinker-built, is of doubtful See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology . It occurs in See also:

• ENGLISH

English in the iSth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and is usually connected with See also:

• DAN

Dan. or Swed. jolle, Dutch jol, a small ship's boat; these words are properly represented in English by " See also:

• YAWL

yawl " originally a ship's small boat, now chiefly used of a rig of sailing vessels, with a cutter-rigged foremast and a small mizzen stepped far aft, with a spanker See also:

• SAIL

sail (see See also:

• RIGGING (A.S. wrigan or wrihan, to clothe)

RIGGING) . A connexion has been suggested with a word of much earlier See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in English, jolywat, or gellywatte . This occurs at the end of the 15th century and is used of a smaller type of ship's boat . This is supposed to be a corruption of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French galiote or Dutch galjoot, galliot (see See also:

• GALLEY (derived through the 0. Fr. galee, galie, from the Med. Lat. galea, Ital. galea, Port. gale, of uncertain origin; from the Med. Lat. variant form galera are derived the Mod. Fr. galere, Span. and Ital. galera)

GALLEY) . The galliot was, however, a large See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel .