cordial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː.di.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɔː.dʒəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.di.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.d͡ʒəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.djəl/
Forms: form: more cordial
form: most cordial
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cordial, from Old French cordial, from Medieval Latin cordiālis (“of the heart”), from cor (“heart”).
Senses: examples: text: I have a cordial dislike for arachnids.
text: He, on his side / Leaning half raised, with looks of cordial love / Hung over her enamoured.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: The relations between the Earl of Bellomont and Colonel Schuyler were formal, but not cordial from the first.
ref: 1885, George Washington Schuyler, Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family, C. Scribner's Sons:
text: Joshua maintained his serious demeanour when Wilder took the microphone - his gaze not leaving the Alabama fighter who was cordial and respectful in return.
ref: 2023 November 15, Kal Sajad, “Anthony Joshua: Briton bites at Otto Wallin, Jarrell Miller and critics at star-studded news conference”, in BBC:
glosses: Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
examples: text: The sight of London warmed my heart with various emotions, such as a cordial man must draw from the heart of all humanity.
ref: 1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, “CHAPTER 66”, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC:
text: Since then, though, discussions have become more collaborative and cordial.
ref: 2024 April 22, Russell Fuller, “What lies in store for tennis' revamped future?”, in BBC:
glosses: Radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.
examples: text: I vvas baptized in thy Cordiall vvater, againſt Original ſinne, and I haue drunke of thy Cordiall Blood, for my recouerie, from actuall, and habituall ſinne, in the other Sacrament.
ref: 1624, John Donne, “11. Prayer.”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 280–281:
text: And first behold this cordial julep here / That flames and dances in his crystal bounds, / With spirits of balm, and fragrant syrups mix'd.
ref: 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
english: Comus
translation: Comus
glosses: Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
examples: text: Who stooping op'n'd my left side, and took / From thence a Rib with cordial spirits warm, / And Life-blood streaming fresh;
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Proceeding from the heart.
Synonyms: sense: hearty, warm
word: heartfelt
sense: hearty, warm
word: profound
sense: radiating warmth and friendliness
word: affable
sense: radiating warmth and friendliness
word: amiable
sense: tending to revive
word: refreshing
sense: tending to revive
word: invigorating
sense: tending to revive
word: renewing
Derived terms: cordialise
cordiality
cordialize
cordially
cordialness
noncordial
supercordial
ultracordial
uncordial