† jovyadj.
Obsolete.
Jovial, merry.
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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
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 11154 And now I lepe Iouy pe; Now I sterte, & now I ffle.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. v. sig. M4v Thou art a Iouy Boy! View more context for this quotation
a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) iii. i. 33 In those daies, I thought I might be jovy.
1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 67 Let 'em come in, and we'l be Jovy.
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