wassail

/'wɔseil/
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wassail

The family shares a warm wassail on Christmas Eve.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A festive drink: A traditional hot punch made with ale or wine, sweetened, spiced, and often containing roasted apples, historically consumed during celebrations, especially Christmas.
    • A toast or salutation: The act of drinking someone's health or a festive occasion involving such drinking.

  2. Verb:

    • To toast or drink to the health of: To express good wishes for someone's health and happiness while drinking.
    • To engage in festive revelry: To celebrate boisterously, often with much drinking and merrymaking.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • The large bowl of wassail filled the room with the scent of cinnamon and apples.
    • They raised their glasses in a hearty wassail to their host.

  • Verb:

    • The guests gathered to wassail the newlyweds.
    • The villagers would wassail through the streets during the old winter festival.
Advanced Usage
  • "To go wassailing": Refers to the old English custom, especially around Christmas, of going from house to house, singing carols, and wishing good health, often in exchange for a drink of wassail or other refreshments.
    • On Christmas Eve, the choir will go wassailing in the neighborhood.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wassailer (n): A person who goes wassailing or engages in festive drinking.
    • The wassailers sang loudly outside the manor.
Synonyms
  • Noun (drink): Punch, mulled wine, posset.
  • Verb (toast): Toast, drink (to), pledge.
  • Verb (revel): Carouse, revel, make merry, celebrate.
Related Phrases
  • Wassail bowl: The bowl from which the wassail drink is served.
    • The wassail bowl was passed around so everyone could take a sip.
Related Idioms
  • "Here's to you!": A common modern equivalent of a wassail toast.
    • He raised his glass and said, "Here's to you!"
wassail

The family shares a warm wassail on Christmas Eve.

Noun
  1. a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas
Verb
  1. propose a toast to
    • Let us toast the birthday girl!
    • Let's drink to the New Year
  2. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
    • The members of the wedding party made merry all night
    • Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!

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