jovialadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʒəʊvɪəl/, U.S.

/ˈdʒoʊviəl/

Etymology: < French jovial (Rabelais, a1553), < Italian gioviale ‘borne vnder the planet Ioue’ (Florio, 1598), < Latin joviālis of or pertaining to Jupiter, < Jovis : see Jove n. and -al suffix¹.

†1. Of or pertaining to Jove; Jove-like, majestic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Jupiter

Jovian1530

thunder-darting1602

jovial1604

altitonant1656

thunder-bearing1661

all-protecting1768

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective]

higheOE

drightlikeOE

highlyOE

drightfula1225

prouda1275

principalc1385

solemna1387

gentlec1390

high and mighty1400

imperial?c1400

royalc1405

kinglyc1425

sublimatec1425

lordfulc1429

lordlyc1440

assumpt1447

raiseda1450

haught1470

kinglikec1485

lordlike1488

triumphant1494

greatlya1500

princely?a1510

supereminent1531

princelike1532

lofta1547

lofty1548

regal1561

supernal1562

haughty1563

excelse1569

queen-like?1571

majestical1578

erecteda1586

augustious1591

ennobled1592

imperious1592

enthronized1593

august1594

high-born1598

sublimed1602

jovial1604

majestic1606

enthroned1609

starred1615

exalted1623

majestuous1633

reared1638

sublimary1655

majestative1656

kingrik1663

superb1663

grand1673

celse1708

stilted1744

canonized1790

queenly1791

apotheosized1794

princified1857

1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. C^v When this Princely Iouyall Foule [the eagle] they sawe.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xxvii. 146 Menula the Iouial Flamine cutte his owne veines and so bled him-selfe out of their danger.

1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iii. sig. G2 All that stand Sink in the weight of his high Iouiall hand.

2. Of or belonging to the planet Jupiter; also absol. as n. An inhabitant of Jupiter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [adjective] > Jupiter

jovial1665

Jovian1799

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 240 The highest of Jupiter's Moons is between twenty and thirty Jovial Semidiameters distant from the Center of Jupiter.

1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 450^v Saturn..hath several..lesser Planets, like the Jovial Satellites.

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 183 Applying Jovial observations to marine uses, for finding longitudes at sea.

1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours 122 There must be four moons visible above the horizon of the Jovials.

†3. Heraldry. Azure in colour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [adjective] > blue

azurea1450

azured1562

jovial1610

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 173 In Iouiall blew mantles, as a man would say, in the colour of just Iupiter.

†4. Alchemy. Of tin. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > tin > [adjective]

jovial1694

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 421/1 This Jovial Bezoartick is one of the best Preparations that can be made of Tin.

†5. Astrology. Under the influence of, or having the qualities imparted by, the planet Jupiter, which as a natal planet was regarded as the source of joy and happiness. Also absol. as n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [adjective] > Jupiter > influence

jovial1590

jovialistic1883

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa5^v Therewith the Heauens alwayes Iouiall, Lookte on them louely.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xi. 47 There are starres which haue their most colde and moyst spirites;..others hote and moyst, as the Iovialls.

1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vi. xiv. 289 The fixed Starres, are astrologically differenced by the Planets, and are esteemed Martiall or Joviall, according to the colours whereby they answer these Planets.

1656 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged at Endive A fine cooling, clensing, jovial plant.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 117 According to that Star..the aspect of one is Saturnine, of another Joviall, &c. in their looks wee read the nature of their Souls.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia sig. c3 The Joviall, are the Hart, bull, elephant, lamb and sheep.

1863 J. Sewell Christian Names I. 363 The word jovial is an allusion to the supposed influence of the planet Jupiter.

6. Characterized by hearty mirth, humour, or good fellowship; merry, jolly; convivial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]

blitheOE

merryOE

golikc1175

lustya1225

playfulc1225

jollyc1305

merrya1350

jocund?c1380

galliardc1386

in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395

mirthfula1400

baudec1400

gayc1400

jovy1426

jocantc1440

crank1499

envoisiesa1500

as merry as a cricket1509

pleasant1530

frolic?1548

jolious1575

gleeful1586

buxom1590

gleesome1590

festival1592

laughter-loving1592

disposed1593

jucund1596

heartsomec1600

jovial1607

jovialist1610

laughsome1612

jocundary1618

gaysome1633

chirpinga1637

jovialissime1652

airy1654

festivous1654

hilarous1659

spleneticala1661

cocket1671

cranny1673

high1695

vogie1715

raffing?1719

festal1724

as merry (or lively) as a grig1728

hearty1755

tittuping1772

festive1774

fun-loving1776

mirthsome1787

Falstaffian1809

cranky1811

laughful1825

as lively as a cricket1832

hurrah1835

hilarious1838

Bacchic1865

laughterful1874

griggish1879

banzai1929

slap-you-on-the-back1932

society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adjective]

merryeOE

jovial1607

Dionysiana1610

Anacreontic1640

jovialissime1652

festivous1654

convival1658

convivial1669

society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [adjective]

merrya1350

revellingc1450

jolly1484

goodfellow-like1542

good-fellowly1573

jovial1607

jovialist1610

boona1612

merrymaking1616

festive1744

convivial1754

good-fellowish1839

rig-a-dig1851

1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 10 As meerely Iouiall, me to mirth applie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 29 Be bright and Iouiall among your Guests to Night.

1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 285 The Ioviall good-fellow-mirth of carnall men.

1685 J. Dryden Misc. II. Pref. Some of them [odes of Horace] are..jovial (or, if I may so call them) Bacchanalian.

1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 313 I have often known the quinsey prove fatal to jovial companions.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism iv. 72 Men of the present age are..merry or jovial rather than joyous.

1898 H. Calderwood D. Hume iii. 28 A jovial spirit characterised even literary gatherings.

Derivatives

joviaˈlissime adj. [after Latin or Italian superlatives in -issimus, issimo] Obsolete most jovial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]

blitheOE

merryOE

golikc1175

lustya1225

playfulc1225

jollyc1305

merrya1350

jocund?c1380

galliardc1386

in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395

mirthfula1400

baudec1400

gayc1400

jovy1426

jocantc1440

crank1499

envoisiesa1500

as merry as a cricket1509

pleasant1530

frolic?1548

jolious1575

gleeful1586

buxom1590

gleesome1590

festival1592

laughter-loving1592

disposed1593

jucund1596

heartsomec1600

jovial1607

jovialist1610

laughsome1612

jocundary1618

gaysome1633

chirpinga1637

jovialissime1652

airy1654

festivous1654

hilarous1659

spleneticala1661

cocket1671

cranny1673

high1695

vogie1715

raffing?1719

festal1724

as merry (or lively) as a grig1728

hearty1755

tittuping1772

festive1774

fun-loving1776

mirthsome1787

Falstaffian1809

cranky1811

laughful1825

as lively as a cricket1832

hurrah1835

hilarious1838

Bacchic1865

laughterful1874

griggish1879

banzai1929

slap-you-on-the-back1932

society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adjective]

merryeOE

jovial1607

Dionysiana1610

Anacreontic1640

jovialissime1652

festivous1654

convival1658

convivial1669

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 112 The exuberant diversitie of his jovialissime entertainment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	jovial
释义	jovialadj. Brit. /ˈdʒəʊvɪəl/, U.S. /ˈdʒoʊviəl/ Etymology: < French jovial (Rabelais, a1553), < Italian gioviale ‘borne vnder the planet Ioue’ (Florio, 1598), < Latin joviālis of or pertaining to Jupiter, < Jovis : see Jove n. and -al suffix¹. †1. Of or pertaining to Jove; Jove-like, majestic. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Jupiter Jovian1530 thunder-darting1602 jovial1604 altitonant1656 thunder-bearing1661 all-protecting1768 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] higheOE drightlikeOE highlyOE drightfula1225 prouda1275 principalc1385 solemna1387 gentlec1390 high and mighty1400 imperial?c1400 royalc1405 kinglyc1425 sublimatec1425 lordfulc1429 lordlyc1440 assumpt1447 raiseda1450 haught1470 kinglikec1485 lordlike1488 triumphant1494 greatlya1500 princely?a1510 supereminent1531 princelike1532 lofta1547 lofty1548 regal1561 supernal1562 haughty1563 excelse1569 queen-like?1571 majestical1578 erecteda1586 augustious1591 ennobled1592 imperious1592 enthronized1593 august1594 high-born1598 sublimed1602 jovial1604 majestic1606 enthroned1609 starred1615 exalted1623 majestuous1633 reared1638 sublimary1655 majestative1656 kingrik1663 superb1663 grand1673 celse1708 stilted1744 canonized1790 queenly1791 apotheosized1794 princified1857 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. C^v When this Princely Iouyall Foule [the eagle] they sawe. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xxvii. 146 Menula the Iouial Flamine cutte his owne veines and so bled him-selfe out of their danger. 1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iii. sig. G2 All that stand Sink in the weight of his high Iouiall hand. 2. Of or belonging to the planet Jupiter; also absol. as n. An inhabitant of Jupiter. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [adjective] > Jupiter jovial1665 Jovian1799 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 240 The highest of Jupiter's Moons is between twenty and thirty Jovial Semidiameters distant from the Center of Jupiter. 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 450^v Saturn..hath several..lesser Planets, like the Jovial Satellites. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 183 Applying Jovial observations to marine uses, for finding longitudes at sea. 1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours 122 There must be four moons visible above the horizon of the Jovials. †3. Heraldry. Azure in colour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [adjective] > blue azurea1450 azured1562 jovial1610 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 173 In Iouiall blew mantles, as a man would say, in the colour of just Iupiter. †4. Alchemy. Of tin. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > tin > [adjective] jovial1694 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 421/1 This Jovial Bezoartick is one of the best Preparations that can be made of Tin. †5. Astrology. Under the influence of, or having the qualities imparted by, the planet Jupiter, which as a natal planet was regarded as the source of joy and happiness. Also absol. as n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [adjective] > Jupiter > influence jovial1590 jovialistic1883 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa5^v Therewith the Heauens alwayes Iouiall, Lookte on them louely. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xi. 47 There are starres which haue their most colde and moyst spirites;..others hote and moyst, as the Iovialls. 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vi. xiv. 289 The fixed Starres, are astrologically differenced by the Planets, and are esteemed Martiall or Joviall, according to the colours whereby they answer these Planets. 1656 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged at Endive A fine cooling, clensing, jovial plant. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 117 According to that Star..the aspect of one is Saturnine, of another Joviall, &c. in their looks wee read the nature of their Souls. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia sig. c3 The Joviall, are the Hart, bull, elephant, lamb and sheep. 1863 J. Sewell Christian Names I. 363 The word jovial is an allusion to the supposed influence of the planet Jupiter. 6. Characterized by hearty mirth, humour, or good fellowship; merry, jolly; convivial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adjective] merryeOE jovial1607 Dionysiana1610 Anacreontic1640 jovialissime1652 festivous1654 convival1658 convivial1669 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [adjective] merrya1350 revellingc1450 jolly1484 goodfellow-like1542 good-fellowly1573 jovial1607 jovialist1610 boona1612 merrymaking1616 festive1744 convivial1754 good-fellowish1839 rig-a-dig1851 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 10 As meerely Iouiall, me to mirth applie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 29 Be bright and Iouiall among your Guests to Night. View more context for this quotation 1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 285 The Ioviall good-fellow-mirth of carnall men. 1685 J. Dryden Misc. II. Pref. Some of them [odes of Horace] are..jovial (or, if I may so call them) Bacchanalian. 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 313 I have often known the quinsey prove fatal to jovial companions. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism iv. 72 Men of the present age are..merry or jovial rather than joyous. 1898 H. Calderwood D. Hume iii. 28 A jovial spirit characterised even literary gatherings. Derivatives joviaˈlissime adj. [after Latin or Italian superlatives in -issimus, issimo] Obsolete most jovial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adjective] merryeOE jovial1607 Dionysiana1610 Anacreontic1640 jovialissime1652 festivous1654 convival1658 convivial1669 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 112 The exuberant diversitie of his jovialissime entertainment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1590
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