convival

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adjective

Relating to a feast or festivity; convivial.

OriginLatin convivalis →
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Meanings

adjectiveconvival (comparative more convival, superlative most convival)

comparative more convival · superlative most convival

  1. obsoleteRelating to a feast or festivity; convivial.

    And though this may only seem an adventure of northern stomachs, yet as Herodotus tells us, in the hotter clime of Persia, the same was a convival dish, and solemnly eaten at the feasts of their nativities.

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinconvivalis
  2. Englishconvival

From Latin convivalis. See convive.

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APA

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Chicago

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