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jovial
CEFRC1
/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/
adjective
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- 01
adjective
Full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- 02
adjective
Extra detailPertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
Examples
But these jovial sounds fell sadly on the ear of the ruined nobleman.
He's a jovial man.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vɪ.əl/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
More examples
In contextA melancholy boddy is not the kindeſt nurſe for a chearely minde, (the joviall complexion is ſoverainly beholding to nature,) […]
[I]n polite ſocieties, he is the eaſy, well-bred man of faſhion; and, in the more convivial parties, he is the jovial companion.
A long, jovial, inane laugh broke the sudden silence which had fallen over everyone.
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Origin
adjective
First attested in 1590; borrowed from Middle French jovial (“under the influence of Jupiter; of Jove; jovial, jolly”), from Italian gioviale (“(now obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”) (attested in Dante, Paradiso, canto XVIII, early 14th century), from Late Latin Ioviālis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), from Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as Jove + -ial. Sense 1 (“cheerful and good-humoured”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Jup...