jovial \JOH-vee-uhl\, adjective:
Merry; joyous; jolly; characterized by mirth or jollity.
One pupil of the sixteen-year-old Custer remembered him as
"socially inclined," jovial, and full of life.
-- Louise Barnett, [1]Touched by Fire
The Puritans took a dim view of the jovial, amiable cleric
who liked to have a pot of ale at one of Purleigh's pubs.
-- Willard Sterne Randall, [2]George Washington: A Life
He smiled, joked and at times seemed downright jovial.
-- "Piazza Booed Again (Till He Homers)," [3]New York
Times, August 22, 1998
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Jovial ultimately derives from the Latin jovialis, "of or
pertaining to Jupiter." (The planet Jupiter was thought to
make those born under it joyful or jovial.)
Merry; joyous; jolly; characterized by mirth or jollity.
One pupil of the sixteen-year-old Custer remembered him as
"socially inclined," jovial, and full of life.
-- Louise Barnett, [1]Touched by Fire
The Puritans took a dim view of the jovial, amiable cleric
who liked to have a pot of ale at one of Purleigh's pubs.
-- Willard Sterne Randall, [2]George Washington: A Life
He smiled, joked and at times seemed downright jovial.
-- "Piazza Booed Again (Till He Homers)," [3]New York
Times, August 22, 1998
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Jovial ultimately derives from the Latin jovialis, "of or
pertaining to Jupiter." (The planet Jupiter was thought to
make those born under it joyful or jovial.)