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+ ==Etymology==
+ First recorded in the 1580s in the sense “under the influence of the planet Jupiter”,^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) [[bor|frm|jovial]],^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) [[der|it|gioviale]],^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) [[der|la-lat|Ioviālis|t=of Jupiter]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD) from Latin ''Iovis'', Jupiter.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)
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+ The sense “good-humoured, merry” comes from the astrological belief that those born under the planet Jupiter have such a disposition.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}