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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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Word Origin & History

cordial 
c.1386, from M.Fr. cordial, from M.L. cordialis "of or for the heart," from L. cor (gen. cordis) "heart" (see heart). Original sense of n. was "medicine, food, or drink that stimulates the heart;" adj. meaning "heartfelt, from the heart" is c.1477.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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