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cor´dial|ness

cor|dial «KR juhl», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. warm and friendly in manner; hearty: »His friends gave him a cordial welcome.

2. sincere; heartfelt; genuine: »She has a cordial abhorrence of anything false or artificial.

3. strengthening; stimulating. SYNONYM(S): restorative, reviving, cheering.

4. Obsolete. of or belonging to the heart.

–n.

1. a food, drink, or medicine that strengthens or stimulates: »Figurative. Death, thou'rt a cordial old and rare: Look how compounded, with what care! (Sidney Lanier).

2. = liqueur. (Cf. ↑liqueur)

╂[< Medieval Latin cordialis having to do with the heart < Latin cor, cordis heart]

–cor´dial|ly, adverb.

–cor´dial|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.