noun

wassail

Wassail (noun) means a toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.

noun

A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.

The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.

A festive or drinking song or glee.

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Etymology

From Middle English wassail, from Old Norse ves heill (“be healthy!”), from the imperative of vesa (“to be”) + heill (“healthy”). The earliest documented use of the term is from the first part of the 12th century CE, in Geoffroy of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (see page's citations).

Rhymes for wassail

rail tail pail mail nail sail fail hail jail vail bail wail

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What is the meaning of wassail?

"wassail" (noun) means a toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.

What are the different meanings of wassail?

"wassail" has 3 main meanings: 1. A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion; 2. The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc; 3. A festive or drinking song or glee.