It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 20th.
Today's word is convivial, spelled C-O-N-V-I-V-I-A-L.
Convivial is an adjective.
It means relating to, occupied with, or fond of, feasting, drinking, and good company.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Architectural Digest.
For Chrissy Metz, whose childhood upbringing was modest,
she says, this house signifies more than just its aesthetic beauty.
To have a home that I can invite people to and entertain is so important to me,
the actor confides, adding that she always invites people over when she's in town.
The front sitting room, for example, which doubles as a game room,
is the scene of many convivial game nights.
The word convivial is a cheerful one that typically suggests a mood of full-bellied delight in good food,
good drink, and good company,
which Charles Dickens aptly captures in his novel David Copperfield with these words,
We had a beautiful little dinner, quite an elegant dish of fish,
the kidney end of a loin of veal, roasted, fried sausage meat, a partridge and a pudding.
There was wine and there was strong ale.
Mr. Macawber was uncommonly convivial.
I never saw him such good company.
He made his face shine with the punch so that it looked as if it had been varnished all over.