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Definitions for Wassail

[1] a salutation wishing health to a person, used in England in early times when presenting a cup of drink or when drinking to the person.
[2] a festivity or revel with drinking of healths.
[3] liquor for drinking and wishing health to others on festive occasions, especially spiced ale, as on Christmas Eve and Twelfth-night.
[4] Archaic . a song sung in wassailing.
[5] to revel with drinking.
[6] to drink to the health or success of; toast.
[7] (formerly) a toast or salutation made to a person at festivities
[8] a festivity when much drinking takes place
[9] alcoholic drink drunk at such a festivity, esp spiced beer or mulled wine
[10] the singing of Christmas carols, going from house to house
[11] archaic a drinking song
[12] to drink the health of (a person) at a wassail
[13] (intr) to go from house to house singing carols at Christmas

Words related to Wassail

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Origin of Wassail

1175–1225; Middle English was-hail, equivalent to was be (Old English wæs, variant of wes, imperative of wesan to be; akin to was) + hail hale1, in good health (< Old Norse heill hale); replacing Old English wæs hāl be hale or whole. See whole, heal

Other words from Wassail

was·sail·er , noun

Word origin for Wassail

C13: from Old Norse ves heill be in good health; related to Old English wes hāl; see hale 1

Synonyms for Wassail

bash, blast, blowout, carousal, ceremony, festival, festivity, frolic, gala, hoopla, hullabaloo, joviality, jubilee, merriment, merrymaking, party, revelry, shindig, spree, wingding