Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Jovial

Merry and sociable, like those born under the planet Jupiter, which astrologers considered the happiest of the natal stars.

“Our jovial star reigned at his birth.”

Shakespeare: Cymbeline, v. 4.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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