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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Warm and sincere; friendly: a cordial greeting; cordial relations. See Synonyms at gracious.
  2. adj. Strongly felt; fervent: a cordial abhorrence of waste.
  3. adj. Serving to invigorate; stimulating.
  4. n. A stimulant; a tonic.
  5. n. A liqueur.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Of or pertaining to the heart.
  2. Proceeding from the heart or from kindly and earnest feeling; exhibiting kindly feeling or warmth of heart; hearty; sincere; warmly friendly; affectionate.
  3. Reviving the spirits; cheering; invigorating; imparting strength or cheerfulness.
  4. Synonyms Sincere, etc. See hearty.
  5. n. Something that invigorates, comforts, gladdens, or exhilarates.
  6. n. A medicine or draught which increases the action of the heart and stimulates the circulation; a warm stomachic; any medicine which increases strength, dispels languor, and promotes cheerfulness.
  7. n. A sweet and aromatic liquor. Certain cordials are, or were originally, made in great monastic establishments, whence the names are taken, as Benedictine, Chartreuse, Certosa, and the like; others are named from the place, or a former place, of manufacture, as Curaçoa; and others from their Flavoring or composition, as maraschino, anisette. See liqueur.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
  2. adj. Said of someone radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.
  3. adj. rare Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
  4. n. UK, Australia, New Zealand A concentrated noncarbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.
  5. n. A pleasant-tasting medicine.
  6. n. A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.
  7. n. A candy (or bonbon) usually made of milk chocolate, filled with small fruits (often maraschino cherries) and syrup or fondant.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. obsolete Proceeding from the heart.
  2. adj. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
  3. adj. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
  4. n. Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.
  5. n. (Med) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation.
  6. n. (Com.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness
  2. adj. sincerely or intensely felt
  3. adj. politely warm and friendly
  4. n. strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

Etymologies

  1. From Middle French cordial ("stimulating the heart"), from Late Latin cordialis, from cor. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, of the heart, from Medieval Latin cordiālis, from Latin cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (12)

Words with the same meaning

  1. invigorating
  2. warm
  1. heartfelt
  2. sincere
  1. affectionate
  2. cheering
  1. hearty
  2. liqueur
  1. stimulant
  2. amiable
  1. affable
  2. cheer

equivalents (3)

Other words for ‘cordial’

  1. friendly
  1. sincere
  1. warm

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. liqueur

same context (12)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. affectionate
  2. hearty
  1. genial
  2. heartfelt
  1. enthusiastic
  2. intimate
  1. grateful
  2. fraternal
  1. mutual
  2. candid
  1. loyal
  2. cheery

reverse dictionary (71)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. maraschino
  2. chartreuse
  3. pousse-café
  4. anisette
  5. kummel
  6. ratafia
  7. Benedictine
  8. hearty
  9. cherry-bounce
  10. treacle-water
  11. cordial
  12. cordialize
  13. elixir
  14. liqueur
  1. cordially
  2. curaçao
  3. hippocras
  4. cinnamon
  5. cardiac
  6. guava-berry
  7. juniper-water
  8. purée
  9. Yvette
  10. warm-hearted
  11. noyau
  12. persicot
  13. restorative
  14. rosa solis
  1. rosolio
  2. cassis
  3. aniseed
  4. affectious
  5. bottle-coaster
  6. cherry-brandy
  7. comradery
  8. entente cordiale
  9. hand-shake
  10. headache-tree
  11. hospitably
  12. lip-born
  13. liqueur-cup
  14. liqueur-glass
  1. rapprochement
  2. hospitality
  3. heartily
  4. mellifluous
  5. alkermes
  6. distant
  7. welcoming
  8. amiable
  9. reconciliation
  10. warm
  11. welcome
  12. amity
  13. cordiality
  14. outgoing
  1. stomachal
  2. stomachic
  3. treacle water
  4. wormwood
  5. aqua
  6. genial
  7. harmonious
  8. hospitable
  9. reception
  10. shrub
  11. sincere
  12. electuary-pot
  13. trappistine
  14. vermuth
  1. wring

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  • madmouth We all remember Anne setting Diana drunk on what she thought was raspberry cordial. Apr 17, 2009

  • chained_bear "Dr. Betterson's Cordial, to be taken in the Small-Pox, when Wine alone is not sufficient to keep up the Spirits.

    Take Compound Wormwood Water, Aqua Mirabilis, each Three Ounces, Tincture of Saffron, an Ounce and half; Oil of Nutmegs, Three Drops; Oil of Cinnamon, Two Drops; Sugar of Pearl, as much as will suffice; mix for a Julep: Of which take Two or Three Spoonfuls under Faintness, often in a Day.

    Note    , This Method has been tried with vast Success in Wiltshire, and in the Neighbourhood of Malmsbury, from the Direction of this Letter."
    —Virginia Gazette, Jan. 7, 1737

    Hey, at least it isn't as poisonous as tar-water. Jan 28, 2009

  • rolig Interesting, Evin. So does this mean the basic idea behind "cordial" as an alcoholic beverage is that it is good for the heart? Aug 25, 2008

  • evin290 Archaically, the word also referred to the heart. Someone asked me to use it in a sentence that way:

    "The witch doctor made a grievous error in selected an herbal remedy for the chieftan; he had perscribed root of soulsbane thinking the ailment was renal, but it was actually cordial." Aug 25, 2008

  • littleclaw mm.. lime cordial. May 28, 2008

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