Genial
Genial , adjective
(Anatomy) Same as Genian.
Genial , adjective
[Latin genialis: compare Old French genial. See Genius.]
1.
Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
The genial bed.
Creator Venus, genial power of love.
2.
Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition.
So much I feel my genial spirits droop.
3.
Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obsolete]
Natural incapacity and genial indisposition.
4.
Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. [Rare]
Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works.
Collocations (1)
Genial gods (Pagan Mythol.) , the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.