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planet Jupiter was thought to make those born under it joyful or 1. Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter. Our jovial star reigned at his birth. Shak. The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the planets, and esteemed Martial

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planet Jupiter was thought to make those born under it joyful or 1. Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter. Our jovial star reigned at his birth. Shak. 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. 2. Sunny; serene. "The heavens always joviall." Spenser. 3. Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem. Be bright and jovial among your guests. Shak. His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral; the rest are jovial or bacchanalian. Dryden. 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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  • LIVELY
    1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier
  • SOCIALIST; SOCIALISTIC
    Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.
  • JOVIALITY
    The quality or state of being jovial. Sir T. Herbert.
  • GENIALLY
    1. By genius or nature; naturally. Some men are genially disposed to some opinions. Glanvill. 2. Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson.
  • MATURENESS
    The state or quality of being mature; maturity.
  • CARELESSLY
    In a careless manner.
  • CONVIVIALIST
    A person of convivial habits.
  • JOVIALTY
    Joviality. Barrow.
  • SPRIGHTLY
    Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
  • PLUMPNESS
    The quality or state of being plump.
  • MERRY-ANDREW
    One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who
  • FESTIVE
    Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.
  • MELLOWY
    Soft; unctuous. Drayton.
  • SOCIALIZE
    1. To render social. 2. To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.
  • SOCIALITY
    The quality of being social; socialness.
  • JOVIALIST
    One who lives a jovial life. Bp. Hall.
  • GENIALNESS
    The quality of being genial.
  • GENIALITY
    The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
  • JOVIALNESS
    Noisy mirth; joviality. Hewyt.
  • MERRYMAKING
    Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
  • LIMATURE
    1. The act of filing. 2. That which is filed off; filings. Johnson.
  • PRIMOGENIAL
    First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. Glanvill.
  • RING ARMATURE
    An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
  • STATE SOCIALISM
    A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to

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