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Definition of Conviviality
1. Noun. A jovial nature.
Generic synonyms: Sociability, Sociableness
Derivative terms: Convivial, Jovial
2. Noun. A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity.
Generic synonyms: Celebration, Festivity
Specialized synonyms: High Jinks, High Jinx, Hijinks, Jinks, Revel, Revelry
Derivative terms: Jollify, Make Merry
Definition of Conviviality
1. n. The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.
Definition of Conviviality
1. Noun. The state of being convivial ¹
2. Noun. A jovial spirit or activity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conviviality
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Conviviality
Literary usage of Conviviality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1841)
"Their Conviviality and Amusements. As the agricultural state advances, and the
comforts of civilization accumulate, provident industry secures regular ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... merriment; spee. riot, conviviality, festivity, revel, Comus (a personification),
... conviviality."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"Conviviality. THE spread of temperance in all ranks of society is a highly
desirable thing, and we can only hope that the promise of its progress may be ..."
4. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving (1849)
"More conviviality.—An interruption. IT was the 3d of July, that Captain Bonneville
set out on his second visit to the banks of the Columbia, at the head of ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... his learning raised nim above his fellows yet did not estrange him from the
people: his conviviality, the crudities in his conversation and preaching, ..."
6. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... without which, all the attraction of conviviality are empty and valueless.
At such assemblages, each guest felt himself the Governor's favourite. ..."
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