jovial

adjective2

1. •
   Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.

   • A melancholy boddy is not the kindest nurse for a chearely minde, (the joviall complexion is soverainly beholding to nature,) […] — 1593
2. •
   (no longer used) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).

   • As ☉ is near to a ⚹ of ♃, so did a jovial man endeavour to procure the purchase (after I began), but ♃ is cadent and in detriment, which shewed he should not prevail. — 1852

adjective2

1. •
   (no longer used) Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus), the god of the sky and thunder and the king of the gods; Jovian.

   • I know the shape of's Legge: this is his Hand: / His Foote Mercuriall: his martiall Thigh / The brawnes of Hercules: but his Iouiall face— / Murther in heaven? — 1611
2. •
   (no longer used) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.

noun1

1. •
   An inhabitant of the planet Jupiter; a Jovian.