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cor⋅dial

  [kawr-juhl or, especially Brit., -dee-uhl]
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–adjective
1. courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: a cordial reception.
2. invigorating the heart; stimulating.
3. sincere; heartfelt: a cordial dislike.
4. Archaic. of or pertaining to the heart.
–noun
5. a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
6. a stimulating medicine.
7. anything that invigorates or exhilarates.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML cordiālis, equiv. to L cordi- (s. of cor) heart + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
cor⋅dial⋅ly, adverb
cor⋅dial⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. affectionate, genial. 2. cheering.
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cor·dial   (kôr'jəl)   
adj.  

  1. Warm and sincere; friendly: a cordial greeting; cordial relations. See Synonyms at gracious.

  2. Strongly felt; fervent: a cordial abhorrence of waste.

  3. Serving to invigorate; stimulating.

n.  

  1. A stimulant; a tonic.

  2. A liqueur.


[Middle English, of the heart, from Medieval Latin cordiālis, from Latin cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
cor·dial'i·ty (-jāl'ĭ-tē, -jē-āl'-, -dē-āl'-), cor'dial·ness n., cor'dial·ly adv.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cor·dial
Pronunciation: 'kor-j&l
Function: noun
: an invigorating and stimulating medicine, food, or drink
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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cordial

a liqueur (q.v.); though the term cordial was formerly used for only those liqueurs that were thought to have a tonic or stimulating quality due to the medicinal components of their flavourings, the terms cordial and liqueur are now used interchangeably.

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