Associations to the word «Jovial»

Wiktionary

JOVIAL, adjective. (obsolete) Pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.
JOVIAL, adjective. (obsolete) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.
JOVIAL, adjective. (astrology) (obsolete) Under the influence of the planet Jupiter (considered a source of happiness).
JOVIAL, adjective. Merry; cheerful and good-humored.

Dictionary definition

JOVIAL, adjective. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke