convivial
adj/kənˈvɪv.i.əl/
Etymology Borrowed from French convivial, from Latin convīvium (“a feast”), combined form of con- (“together”) + vīvō (“to live”).
1
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
- I spent many a convivial evening at the club.
- My grandpa was famously convivial.
2 more examples
- 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:
- While the central focus of their lives was the work they did in solitude, they clearly enjoyed being with others who are on the same frequency. They were a convivial society of loners.2015, Steve Silberman, “Introduction”, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 3:
- Derived terms
- convivialist, convivialize, nonconvivial
- Related terms
- convive, convivially, conviviality