Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

joviall

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: joviall
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete spelling of jovial.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A melancholy boddy is not the kindeſt nurſe for a chearely minde, (the joviall complexion is ſoverainly beholding to nature,) [...]"
"The moſt ſecure, happy, Ioviall & merry in the worlds eſteeme, are Princes & great men, free from melancholy, but for their cares, miſeries, ſuſpicions, Iealoſies, diſcontents, folly, & madneſſe, I referre you to Xenophons Tyrannus, where king Hieron diſcourſeth at large with Simonides the Poet, of this ſubject."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more joviall (comparative) most joviall (superlative)

Questions

What does joviall mean?: Obsolete spelling of jovial.

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