[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cordial \cor"dial\ k^or"jal, formally k^ord"yal; 106, 277,
   a. ll. cordialis, fr. l. cor heart: cf. f. cordial. see
   heart.
   1. proceeding from the heart. obs.
      1913 webster

            a rib with cordial spirits warm.      --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
      1913 webster

            he . . . with looks of cordial love
            hung over her enamored.               --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength
      or spirits.
      1913 webster

            behold this cordial julep here
            that flames and dances in his crystal bounds.
                                                  --milton.

   syn: hearty; sincere; heartfelt; warm; affectionate;
        cheering; invigorating. see hearty.
        1913 webster
see also:
heart hearty 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cordial \cor"dial\, n.
   1. anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.
      1913 webster

            charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. med any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a
      peppermint cordial.
      1913 webster

   3. com. aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a
      beverage; a liqueur.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cordial
     adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an
            amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
            greeting"; "a genial host" syn: affable, amiable,
             genial
     2: showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; "gave us a cordial
        reception"; "a hearty welcome" syn: hearty
     3: sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his
        visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a
        fervent hope" syn: fervent
     n : strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a
         meal syn: liqueur
see also:
affable amiable genial hearty fervent liqueur 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

190 moby thesaurus words for "cordial":
   benedictine, bohemian, chartreuse, danziger goldwasser, drambuie,
   galliano, irish mist, strega, triple sec, ablaze, affable, afire,
   agreeable, amiable, amicable, analeptic, ardent, blissful,
   boiling over, bonhomous, bracer, bracing, breathless, brisk,
   burning, casual, cheerful, cheering, compatible, complaisant,
   congenial, courteous, crisp, crispy, degage, delirious, desirable,
   drunk, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, easygoing, en rapport,
   energizing, enjoyable, enlivenment, enthusiastic, excited,
   exhilarating, exhilaration, exuberant, fair, fair and pleasant,
   familiar, febrile, felicific, felicitous, fervent, fervid, fevered,
   feverish, fiery, fine, flaming, flushed, folksy, framboise,
   free and easy, fresh, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, glowing,
   good, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, gracious,
   grateful, gratifying, green chartreuse, harmonious, haymish,
   heart-warming, heartfelt, hearty, heated, homely, homey, honeyed,
   hospitable, hot, impassioned, informal, intense, intoxicated,
   invigorating, invigoration, irregular, keen, kindly, liberal,
   likable, liqueurs, lively, loose, maraschino, mellifluous, mellow,
   mild, natural, neighborly, nice, offhand, offhanded, on fire, open,
   openhearted, parfait amour, passionate, pear brandy, pick-me-up,
   plain, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving,
   pleasureful, polite, pousse-cafe, rainbow cordial, reanimation,
   receptive, recreation, red-hot, refection, refreshful, refreshing,
   refreshment, regale, regalement, regaling, reinvigoration, relaxed,
   renewal, responsive, restorative, revival, revivescence,
   revivescency, revivification, rewarding, roborant, rousing,
   satisfying, simple, sincere, sloe gin, sociable, steaming, steamy,
   stimulating, stimulation, sweet, sweet-tempered, sympathetic,
   tender, tonic, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious,
   unconstrained, unconventional, unofficial, unrestrained, unstudied,
   vigorous, vitamin shot, vivification, warm, warmhearted, welcome,
   welcoming, well-natured, wholehearted, zealous, zestful, zesty

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