jovial

Definition of jovial

jo´vi`al

a.	1.
	1.	Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter. 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.
	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.

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affable, amiable, bantering, blithe, blithesome, boon, buxom, chaffing, convivial, facetious, festal, festive, free and easy, frivolous, gala, gay, genial, gladsome, gleeful, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocular, jocund, jollying, joshing, joyous, laughter-loving, lighthearted, merrymaking, mirth-loving, mirthful, on the loose, rejoicing, risible, sociable

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