Nearby Words
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.
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Uncordial
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin cordiālis, equivalent to Latin cordi- (stem of cor) heart + -ālis -al1
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin cordiālis, equivalent to Latin cordi- (stem of cor) heart + -ālis -al1
Related forms
cor·dial·ly, adverb
cor·dial·ness, noun
pre·cor·dial, adjective
qua·si-cor·dial, adjective
qua·si-cor·dial·ly, adverb
EXPANDsu·per·cor·dial, adjective
su·per·cor·dial·ly, adverb
su·per·cor·dial·ness, noun
un·cor·dial, adjective
un·cor·dial·ly, adverb
un·cor·dial·ness, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. affectionate, genial. 2. cheering.
1. affectionate, genial. 2. cheering.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
cordial
late 14c., from M.Fr. cordial, from M.L. cordialis "of or for the heart," from L. cor (gen. cordis) "heart" (see heart). Original sense of the noun was "medicine, food, or drink that stimulates the heart;" adj. meaning "heartfelt, from the heart" is late 15c. Related: Cordiality.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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