cordials

Noun

cordial (plural cordials)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A concentrated non-carbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.
   • Both supplement and taste-matched placebo were consumed in 70 ml of fruit cordial and 150 ml of water, which were drunk within a 5-min period.2024 May 31, Andrew John Chappell, Adrien Parry, Trevor Simper, “The Acute Effect of Citrulline Malate Loading in Resistance Trained Males on: Anaerobic Muscular Endurance, Force Recovery and Muscle...

   Synonyms:

   squash, high juice

2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) An individual serving of such a diluted drink.
3. A pleasant-tasting medicine.
4. A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.
   • Lucy. But, miss Polly—in the way of friendship, will you give me leave to propose a glass of cordial to you ?
     Polly. Strong waters are apt to give me the headache.—I hope, madam, you will excuse me?1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Act III, Scene 1, in 1828, British Theatre, Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, 827
5. A candy (or bonbon) usually made of milk chocolate, filled with small fruits (often maraschino cherries) and syrup or fondant.
6. Anything that revives or comforts, a stimulant.
   • Never had Fanny more wanted a cordial. Never had she felt such a one as this letter contained.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 288

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