Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JO'VI-AL, a.² [Fr. and Sp. id.; It. gioviale; probably from the root of giovane, young, or from that of joy. If it is from Jove, it must be from the sense of airy or fresh.]

1. Gay; merry; airy; joyous; jolly; as, a jovial youth; a jovial throng.
2. Expressive of mirth and hilarity. His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral, the rest are jovial or bacchanalian. – Dryden.