Dictionary entry

Convivial

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con‐viv″i‐al (?; 277), a. [From L. convivium a feast; con- + vivere to live. See Victuals, and cf. Convive.] Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.

Which feasts convivial meetings we did name.

Denham.