Jō'vi-al, a.
a. [Fr. & Sp. jovial, It. gioviale, from Lat. Jovialis, because the planet Jupiter was considered to make those who were born under it joyful or jovial. See supra.]
Sense 1. Under the influence of Jupiter, the planet.
The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the planets, and esteemed Martial or Jovial according to the colors whereby they answer these planets. Browne.
Sense 2. Gay; merry; airy; joyous; jolly; as, a jovial youth; a jovial throng.
His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral; the rest are jovial or bacchanalian. Dryden.
Sense 3. (Alchemy.) Of, or pertaining to, tin. [Obs.]
Synonyms—Merry; joyous; airy; gay; festive; mirthful; gleeful.