jovialist

English

Etymology

From jovial +‎ -ist.

Noun

jovialist (plural jovialists)

1. (archaic) Someone who lives a jovial life; a fun-lover
   • 1628, Joseph Hall, Christian Liberty Laid Forth:

     What talk we to these jovialists? It is liberty , with them , for a man to speak what he thinks , to take what he likes , to do what he lists ; without restriction , without controulment

References

• “jovialist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.