unjolly en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + jolly.
Meanings
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Not jolly; glum.
The unjolly green giant, born from a botched gamma bomb experiment in a 1962 comic book, belongs to an elite class of superhero.
2008 April 10, Brooks Barnes, “What’s Big and Green, and Desperate to Be a Hit All Over?”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unjolly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unjolly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |