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語源

From cordial +‎ -ity.

発音

• enPR: kôr-jăl′ĭ-tē, -jē-ăl′-, -dē-ăl′-
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/, /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/, /-diːˈæl-/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /koɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.ti/, /-d͡ʒiˈæl-/, /-diˈæl-/
• (General Australian) IPA: /koːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/, /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/, /-diːˈæl-/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /koːɹˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.tiː/, /-d͡ʒiːˈɛl-/, /-diːˈɛl-/
• (Scotland) IPA: /koɹˈd͡ʒal.ɪ.ti/, /-d͡ʒiˈal-/, /-diˈal-/
• (India) IPA: /koːɾˈd͡ʒæl.i.ʈiː/, /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/, /-ɖiːˈæl-/
• 韻: -ælɪti
• ハイフネーション: cor‧dial‧i‧ty

名詞

cordiality (countable and uncountable, plural cordialities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being cordial.
   • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher‎:

     Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world.

   • 1930, Evelyn Waugh, chapter V, in Vile Bodies, New York: Back Bay Books, published 1999:

     Adam gave her—the spaniel, not Mrs. Florin—a gentle prod with his foot and a lump of sugar. She licked his shoe with evident cordiality. Adam was not above feeling flattered by friendliness in dogs.

2. (countable) A friendly utterance.

   to exchange cordialities with people

   • 1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 5, in Mapp and Lucia‎:

     Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.

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• radiolytic