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wassail

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noun

was·​sail ˈwä-səl How to pronounce wassail (audio)
also
wä-ˈsāl How to pronounce wassail (audio)
1
: an early English toast to someone's health
2
: a hot drink that is made with wine, beer, or cider, spices, sugar, and usually baked apples and is traditionally served in a large bowl especially at Christmastime
3
: riotous drinking : revelry

wassail

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verb

wassailed; wassailing; wassails

intransitive verb

1
: to indulge in wassail : carouse
2
dialectal, England : to sing carols from house to house at Christmas

transitive verb

: to drink to the health or thriving of

Did you know?

The salutation wassail, from the Old Norse toast ves heill ("be well"), has accompanied English toast-making since the 12th century. By the 14th century, wassail was being used for the drink itself, and it eventually came to be used especially of a hot drink (of wine, beer, or cider with spices, sugar, and usually baked apples) drunk around Christmastime. This beverage warmed the stomachs and hearts of many Christmas revelers and was often shared with Christmas carolers. In the 14th century the verb wassail also came to describe the carousing associated with indulgence in the drink; later, it was used of other activities associated with wassail and the holiday season, like caroling. 17th-century farmers added cattle and trees to the wassail tradition by drinking to their health or vitality during wintertime festivities.

Example Sentences

Noun woke up with a terrible headache from a wild wassail the night before Verb the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The concert is followed by Trinity’s traditional Wassail Party, where concertgoers can gather with friends, meet new ones, and talk with the performers while enjoying holiday treats and hot wassail. oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2021 Afterward, set intentions fireside with a complimentary wassail, a warming drink. Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021 Glogg wines have many forms, including gluhwein (German) and wassail (English). Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2021 Later, after singing carols by the Christmas tree, everyone helps themselves, ladling wassail into their glass cups. The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook, Town & Country, 4 Nov. 2020 Doors open 45 minutes before to enjoy wassail punch and cookies. Joan Rusek, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2019 What these tours teach is how rich white Southerners once celebrated Christmas: singing Christmas carols, dancing, drinking the cider brew wassail and enjoying refreshments or formal meals. Robert E. May, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2019 Free to the public, the fun begins with Christmas caroling at 7 p.m., followed by treats of gingerbread and wassail and a visit from Santa Claus. Carissa D. Lamkahouan, Houston Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2019
Verb
Reisinger's Apple Country, located in Watkins Glen on Seneca Lake, also has a wassailing event on the horizon. Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Jan. 2018 There was toasting and wassailing all around And cinnamon sticks in yule logs were wrapped and bound. Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English wæs hæil, washayl, from Old Norse ves heill be well, from ves (imperative singular of vera to be) + heill healthy — more at was, whole

First Known Use

Noun

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wassail was in the 12th century

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