Jovial

jovial English Etymology See en jovial. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/ RP en /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vɪ.əl/ GA en En-us-jovial.ogg GA en En-au-jovial.ogg AU en Jov i al Adjective - en astronomy obsolete Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian. en Roman mythology obsolete 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. IV ii 390 1 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? en Michael Ward Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis w:Oxford University Press 2008 978-0-19-531387-1 It was pointed out in chapter 3 that [C. S.] Lewis liked to regard Jupiter as his personal presiding deity, but Mercury would have been almost as apt a choice, for Lewis had been extraordinarily favoured by that Intelligence whom, in ‘The Planets,’ he calls the ‘Lord of language’: both as a speaker and as a writer Lewis was uncommonly fluent. However, despite these talents, despite the fact that he saw Mercurial as well as Jovial strains in his paternity, and despite his opinion that Mercury shared with Jupiter a special need of rehabilitation, Lewis claimed no special relationship with the planet of the second sphere. In fact, he confesses that the Mercurial essence is almost beyond his grasp: Derived terms en circumjovial Noun en chiefly science fiction An inhabitant of the planet Jupiter; a Jovian. Translations inhabitant of the planet Jupiter Jovian en Celestial inhabitants Jupiter