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Get the Word of the Day – convive

Definition

An eating or drinking companion; fellow diner or drinker

Citations

A mug of foaming hafanaf (so a certain sort of beer is called) was placed by the side of most of the convivesWilliam Makepeace Thackeray, “Crinoline,” PunchVolume XIII, 1947

Origin

Convive is derived from the Latin word convīva meaning “table-companion, guest.”

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