LekhoriLekhoriCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
A melancholy boddy is not the kindeſt nurſe for a chearely minde, (the joviall complexion is ſoverainly beholding to nature,) […]
Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
This Planet [Jupiter] being a Fortune, and Friend unto nature, inclineth the native, upon this direction, not only unto healthfulneſs, but alſo to be jovial and merry, affable and pleaſant, and to delight in the company of religious men: […] [T]his direction importeth good from jovial perſons, and is an excellent time to have dealings with, or to receive any courteſie from, or benefit by them, […]
Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.
An inhabitant of the planet Jupiter; a Jovian.
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 Jup...
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