Question

jovial Their grandfather was as jovial and sociable as their grandmother was quiet and withdrawn. ˈʤoʊviəl

Accepted Answer

Jolly, good-natured. Jove, or Jupiter, was the Roman counterpart of the Greek's Zeus, and like Zeus was regarded as chief among the gods. When the Romans were naming the planets, they gave the name Jupiter to the one that, as they may have already known, was the largest of all (though only the second-brightest to the naked eye). When the practice of astrology reached the Roman empire from the East, astrologers declared that those “born under Jupiter” were destined to be merry and generous, and many centuries later this would result in the words jovial and joviality.

word	jovial
definition	Jolly, good-natured.
eg_sentence	Their grandfather was as jovial and sociable as their grandmother was quiet and withdrawn.
explanation	Jove, or Jupiter, was the Roman counterpart of the Greek's Zeus, and like Zeus was regarded as chief among the gods. When the Romans were naming the planets, they gave the name Jupiter to the one that, as they may have already known, was the largest of all (though only the second-brightest to the naked eye). When the practice of astrology reached the Roman empire from the East, astrologers declared that those “born under Jupiter” were destined to be merry and generous, and many centuries later this would result in the words jovial and joviality.
IPA	ˈʤoʊviəl

Jovial Roman Jolly Good Natured Grandfather Sociable Grandmother Quiet