Hypertext Webster Gateway: "convivial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Convivial \Con*viv"i*al\ (?; 277), a. [From L. convivium a
feast; con- + vivere to live. See {Victuals}, and cf.
{Convive}.]
Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and
drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay;
jovial.
Which feasts convivial meetings we did name. --Denham.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
convivial
adj : occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company; "a
convivial atmosphere at the reunion"; "a woman of
convivial nature"; "he was a real good-time Charlie"
[syn: {good-time}]
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