jovialist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

jovial +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

jovialist (plural jovialists)

  1. (archaic) Someone who lives a jovial life; a fun-lover
    • 1628, Joseph Hall, Christian Liberty Laid Forth:
      What talk we to these jovialists? It is liberty , with them , for a man to speak what he thinks , to take what he likes , to do what he lists ; without restriction , without controulment

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