Jovial

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jovial \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}.]
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     1. [capitalized] Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet,
        Jupiter. [Obs.]


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              Our jovial star reigned at his birth. --Shak.
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              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.
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     2. Sunny; serene. [Obs.] "The heavens always joviall."
        --Spenser.
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     3. Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious;
        characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a
        jovial company; a jovial poem.
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              Be bright and jovial among your guests. --Shak.
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              His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral;
              the rest are jovial or bacchanalian.  --Dryden.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jolly},
              {merry}, {mirthful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, mirth-loving, mirthful,
     on the loose, rejoicing, risible, sociable
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  JOVIAL
       
           (Jule's Own Version of IAL) A version of {IAL}
          produced by Jules I. Schwartz in 1959-1960.  JOVIAL was based
          on {ALGOL 58}, with extensions for large scale {real-time}
          programming.  It saw extensive use by the US Air Force.  The
          data elements were items, entries ({record}s) and tables.
       
          Versions include JOVIAL I ({IBM 709}, 1960), JOVIAL II ({IBM
          7090}, 1961) and JOVIAL 3 (1965).  Dialects: {J3}, {JOVIAL
          J73}, {JS}, {JTS}.
       
          Ada/Jovial Newsletter, Dale Lange +1 (513) 255-4472.
       
          [CACM 6(12):721, Dec 1960].
       
          (1996-07-19)