JOVIAL, JOVIALITY, JOVIALLY
ADJECTIVES
1386 — WANTON of persons: jovial, given to broad jesting, waggish; also, free from care → obs.
1426 — JOVY jovial, merry, gay → obs.
1654 — FESTIVOUS festive, jovial, merry, gay, mirthful
1663 — BACCHICAL riotously drunken, roistering, jovial → obs.
1673 — CRANNY brisk, merry, jovial. lively, disposed to exult
1699 — BACCHIC riotously drunken, roistering, jovial
.M19 — KIDDYISH frolicsome, jovial → sl.
1880 — ‘ARRYISH vulgarly jovial → colloq.
1905 — MOOTH cheerful, jovial → Sc. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1607 — LUSTICK merrily, jovially → obs.
1816 — RANTINGLY in a jovial, riotous manner → Sc.
INTERJECTIONS
1910 — OH LA-LA! expressing joviality → World War I army sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1874 — ‘ARRY a boisterous or jovial young Cockney man → UK colloq.
1879 — ‘ARRIET a boisterous or jovial young Cockney woman, typically the notional wife or girlfriend of ‘Arry → UK colloq.
1975 — GAY-CAT an active, jovial, lusty person who enjoys life → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1598 — RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry
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