convival
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin convivalis. See convive.
Adjective[edit]
convival (comparative more convival, superlative most convival)
- (obsolete) Relating to a feast or festivity; convivial.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- And though this may only seem an adventure of northern stomachs, yet as Herodotus tells us, in the hotter clime of Persia, the same was a convival dish, and solemnly eaten at the feasts of their nativities.