convivial

Etymology

Borrowed from French convivial, from Latin convīvium (“a feast”), combined form of con- (“together”) + vīvō (“to live”).

adj

  1. Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
    I put the chief of police behind the bar, instructed him in his duties, and we four convivial spirits sprawled along the counter drinking ale and telling yarns till cockcrow. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 175

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