jovial
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- 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”Synonyms: gayjocundjollymerrymirthful
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.[capitalized] Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Our jovial star reigned at his birth.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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.[1913 Webster]
2.Sunny; serene. [Obs.] "The heavens always joviall." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
3.Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem. [1913 Webster]
Be bright and jovial among your guests.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral; the rest are jovial or bacchanalian.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<language> (Jule's Own Version of IAL) A version of IAL produced by Jules I. Schwartz in 1959-1960. JOVIAL was based on ALGOL 58, with extensions for large scale real-time programming. It saw extensive use by the US Air Force. The data elements were items, entries (records) and tables.
Versions include JOVIAL I (IBM 709, 1960), JOVIAL II (IBM 7090, 1961) and JOVIAL 3 (1965). Dialects: J3, JOVIAL J73, JS, JTS.
Ada/Jovial Newsletter, Dale Lange +1 (513) 255-4472.
[CACM 6(12):721, Dec 1960].
(1996-07-19)