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adjective

Cordial adj.

1.

Proceeding from the heart. (Obs.) "A rib with cordial spirits warm."

2.

Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. "He... with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored."

3.

Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits. "Behold this cordial julep here That flames and dances in his crystal bounds."

Synonyms: Hearty; sincere; heartfelt; warm; affectionate; cheering; invigorating. See Hearty.

noun

Cordial n.

1.

Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates. "Charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind."

2.

(Med) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.

3.

(Com.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.

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Etymology of 'Cordial'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... visits. His meals were taken at any odd hour, but if he came in for a minute on his morning round there was always a cup of good soup ready for him, or later in the day some hot coffee. But perhaps the best cordial to the tired, harassed doctor was the sight of his wife's bright face. He would drink the soup, snatch up his little daughter for a kiss and go back to his work refreshed, but even to ...

— Doctor Luttrell's First Patient • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... than eight hundred natives. After having consulted together at some distance, a few of the natives approached, holding in their hands banana branches. They were on the point of climbing up the vessels, when an absurd accident interrupted these cordial relations. ...

— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century • Jules Verne

... angel," declared the other, "and she gets lovelier every day; my regards to her,—and to her aunts, sir. Ah, good night, good night," and with a last cordial gesture he started ...

— The Battle Ground • Ellen Glasgow

... not heard a word about the Copley Medal. Please give Falconer my cordial thanks for his interest about me. I enclose the list of everything published by me except a few unimportant papers. Ask Falconer not to mention that I sent the list, as some one might say I had been canvassing, which is an odious imputation. The origin of the Voyage in the "Beagle" ...

— More Letters of Charles Darwin - Volume I (of II) • Charles Darwin

... was a hearty, cordial, blooming hoyden, really about ten or eleven years of age, but seeming from her fine growth and proportions, at ...

— The Missing Bride • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

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