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jo⋅vi⋅al

  [joh-vee-uhl]
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1. endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
2. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the god Jove, or Jupiter.
Origin:
1580–90; < ML joviālis of Jupiter (the planet, supposed to exert a happy influence), equiv. to L jovi- (see Jovian ) + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
jo⋅vi⋅al⋅ly, adverb
jo⋅vi⋅al⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. merry, jolly, convivial, gay, joyful, mirthful. Jovial, jocose, jocular, jocund agree in referring to someone who is in a good humor. Jovial suggests a hearty, joyous humor: a jovial person. Jocose refers to that which causes laughter; it suggests someone who is playful and given to jesting: with jocose and comical airs. Jocular means humorous, facetious, mirthful, and waggish: jocular enough to keep up the spirits of all around him. Jocund, now a literary word, suggests a cheerful, light-hearted, and sprightly gaiety: glad and jocund company.

Antonyms:
1. gloomy.
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jo·vi·al   (jō'vē-əl)   
adj.  Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer: a jovial host.

[French, probably from Italian giovale, from Old Italian, of Jupiter (regarded as the source of happiness), from Late Latin Ioviālis, from Latin Iuppiter, Iov-, Jupiter; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
jo'vi·al'i·ty (-āl'ĭ-tē) n., jo'vi·al·ly adv.
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Main Entry:  jovial1
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  full of joy and happiness; merry
Etymology:  Latin jovialis 'pertaining to Jove, Jupiter'
Main Entry:  jovial2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  pertaining to Jove or Jupiter
Etymology:  Latin jovialis 'pertaining to Jove, Jupiter'
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Computing Dictionary

JOVIAL 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)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
JOVIAL
Jules' own version of the international algorithmic language
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