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The definition of jovial is defined as someone who is happy and cheerful.

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An energetic guest at a party who makes everyone laugh is an example of someone who is jovial.

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adjective

Jovian
full of hearty, playful good humor; genial and cheerful: from the astrological notion that people born under the sign of Jupiter are joyful

Origin: Fr < LL Jovialis, of Jupiter < L Jovis: see Jove

Related Forms:

joviality noun
jovially adverb

See jovial in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer: a jovial host.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , probably from Italian giovale

Origin: , from Old Italian, of Jupiter (regarded as the source of happiness)

Origin: , from Late Latin Ioviālis

Origin: , from Latin Iuppiter, Iov-, Jupiter; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

joˌvi·alˈi·ty (-ălˈĭ-tē) noun

joˈvi·al·ly adverb

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