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Synonyms for conviviality


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhn-viv-ee-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈvɪv i əl



Définition of conviviality

Origin :
  • 1660s, "pertaining to a feast," from Late Latin convivialis, from Latin convivium "a feast," from convivere "to carouse together," from com- "together" (see com-) + vivere "to live" (see vital). Meaning "sociable" is from 18c. Related: Conviviality.
  • noun festivity
Example sentences :
  • This is conviviality; but it has no relation to drunkenness.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • I have no taste for those excesses which go by the name of conviviality.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • The hour named for the tryst savored little of conviviality.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
  • The morning was spent in all sorts of sports, and the evening in conviviality.
  • Extract from : « The Heir of Kilfinnan » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • "Our worthy host is setting us an example of conviviality," said he.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 » by Various
  • But even in those feasts there is nothing that bears the resemblance of conviviality.
  • Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
  • We all knew what we had to expect—a most enjoyable banquet of conviviality.
  • Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke
  • Gay calls him "joyous Ford," and he was given to over-indulgence in conviviality.
  • Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
  • The other Officers have all their eyes upon you; they are inviting you to join in their conviviality.
  • Extract from : « Franz Hals » by Edgcumbe Staley
  • The men of the old Musselburgh Club were great in conviviality.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of the Links » by Henry Leach

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