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Webster 1913 Edition


Conviviality

Con-vivˊi-al′i-ty

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Noun.
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pl.
Convivialities
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The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conviviality

CONVIVIALITY

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Noun.
1.
The good humor or mirth indulged at an entertainment.
2.
A convivial spirit or disposition.

Definition 2024


conviviality

conviviality

English

Noun

conviviality (countable and uncountable, plural convivialities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being convivial
    • 2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 8:
      He will not abide intellectually lazy thinking or any form of acquiescence to political correctness and its facile rituals of politeness and forced conviviality.
  2. (countable) A jovial spirit or activity