About The Word Jovial
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Jovial
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What's The Definition Of Jovial?
[adj] full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Jovial: gay | jocund | jolly | joyous | merry | mirthful Related Terms | Find terms related to Jovial: affable | amiable | bantering | blithe | blithesome | boon | buxom | chaffing | convivial | facetious | festal | festive | free and easy | frivolous | gala | gay | genial | gladsome | gleeful | good-natured | hail-fellow-well-met | hearty | hilarious | humorous | jocose | jocular | jocund | jolly | jollying | joshing | joyful | joyous | laughter-loving | lighthearted | merry | merrymaking | mirthful | mirth-loving | on the loose | rejoicing | risible | sociable See Also | Jovial In Webster's Dictionary \Jo"vi*al\, a. [F., fr. L. Jovialis pertaining to Jove.
The planet Jupiter was thought to make those born under it
joyful or jovial. See {Jove}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter.
[Obs.]
Our jovial star reigned at his birth. --Shak.
The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the
planets, and esteemed Martial or Jovial according to
the colors whereby they answer these planets. --Sir
T. Browne.
2. Sunny; serene. [Obs.] ``The heavens always joviall.''
--Spenser.
3. Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious;
characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a
jovial company; a jovial poem.
Be bright and jovial among your guests. --Shak.
His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral;
the rest are jovial or bacchanalian. --Dryden.
Note: This word is a relic of the belief in planetary
influence. Other examples are saturnine, mercurial,
martial, lunatic, etc.
Syn: Merry; joyous; gay; festive; mirthful; gleeful; jolly;
hilarious.
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