Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
convivial . - noun A guest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Relating to a
feast orfestivity ;convivial .
Etymologies
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Latin convivalis. See convive.
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Examples
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Smith tells us that Quin and Hayman were inseparable friends, and so convival, that they seldom parted till daylight.
All About Coffee 1909
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Young Gainsborough, who spent three years amid the works of the painters in St. Martin's-lane, Hayman, and Cipriani, who were all eminently convival, were, in all probability, frequenters of Slaughter's.
All About Coffee 1909
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I really couldn't tell you whether that's true, though it sounds mildly plausible and A-OK by me, not being the world's biggest fan of "convival elites."
Run Matt Welch 2010
chained_bear commented on the word convival
Is this the same as convivial, perchance?
August 4, 2008