† jovialistn.
Obsolete.
1. A person born under the planet Jupiter.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Jupiter > person born under
jovialist1569
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 50 b She pronounceth this man a Saturniste or Iouialist.
1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Oi Æneas, for personage the Iouilist, for well-spoken the Mercurilist.
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. xv. 84 We must describe..a Jovialist, to be one of a comely stature [etc.].
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 151 So much for..the Saturnines; now for the Jovialists.
2. A person of a jovial or convivial disposition.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful person
blithea1548
jovialist1596
sandboy1821
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [noun] > habitual
fellowa1225
goodfellowa1393
Greek1536
boon companion1566
jovialist1596
Ephesian1600
Trojan1600
jolly dog1799
convivialist1810
boonfellow1876
fellow well met1885
jollier1896
1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. C2 What marvell then, though some base humorists..Extenuate the work of Iovialists.
1647 Bp. J. Hall Satans Fiery Darts iii. v. 292 Let the jovialists of the world drink wine in bowles, and feast themselves without feare.
1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 25 The great mirth of the Jovialists.
3. A satellite of Jupiter. rare.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > satellite of Jupiter > [noun]
jovialist1664
circumjovialist1667
circumjovial1696
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 163 What then must we think of the Secondary Planets, as the..four Jovialists?
4. attributive or as adj. = jovial adj.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]
blitheOE
merryOE
golikc1175
lustya1225
playfulc1225
jollyc1305
merrya1350
jocund?c1380
galliardc1386
in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395
mirthfula1400
baudec1400
gayc1400
jovy1426
jocantc1440
crank1499
envoisiesa1500
as merry as a cricket1509
pleasant1530
frolic?1548
jolious1575
gleeful1586
buxom1590
gleesome1590
festival1592
laughter-loving1592
disposed1593
jucund1596
heartsomec1600
jovial1607
jovialist1610
laughsome1612
jocundary1618
gaysome1633
chirpinga1637
jovialissime1652
airy1654
festivous1654
hilarous1659
spleneticala1661
cocket1671
cranny1673
high1695
vogie1715
raffing?1719
festal1724
as merry (or lively) as a grig1728
hearty1755
tittuping1772
festive1774
fun-loving1776
mirthsome1787
Falstaffian1809
cranky1811
laughful1825
as lively as a cricket1832
hurrah1835
hilarious1838
Bacchic1865
laughterful1874
griggish1879
banzai1929
slap-you-on-the-back1932
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [adjective]
merrya1350
revellingc1450
jolly1484
goodfellow-like1542
good-fellowly1573
jovial1607
jovialist1610
boona1612
merrymaking1616
festive1744
convivial1754
good-fellowish1839
rig-a-dig1851
1610 J. Davies Commend. Poems (1878) 5 There shall thy Iouialist Mechanicalls Attend this Table all in Scarlet Cappes.
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