All 5 Uses of
jovial
in
Dante's Inferno
- —The Jovial Friars.†
Canto T.O. *
- —Jovial Friars.†
Canto 22-24
- Jovial Friars[2] were we, and Bolognese; I Catalano, and he Loderingo named, and together taken by thy city, as one man alone is wont to be taken, in order to preserve its peace; and we were such as still is apparent round about the Gardingo.†
Canto 22-24
- From their free life the name of "Jovial Friars" was given to the members of the order.†
Canto 22-24
- [1] Alberigo de' Manfredi, of Faenza; one of the Jovial Friars (see Canto xxiii).†
Canto 31-34
Definition:
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(jovial) cheerful and friendly