Ge*ni"al (?), a. (Anat.)
Same as Genian.
Gen"ial (?), a. [L. genialis:
cf. OF. genial. See Genius.] 1.
Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production;
generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed."
Milton.
Creator Venus, genial power of
love.
Dryden.
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.
Milton.
3. Belonging to one's genius or natural
character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.]
Natural incapacity and genial
indisposition.
Sir T. Browne.
4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging
to the higher nature. [R.]
Men of genius have often attached the highest value to
their less genial works.
Hare.
Genial gods (Pagan Mythol.), the
powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.
