Relating to or characterized by a feast, banquet, or festive gathering; convivial (archaic variant).
From Latin convivium (a living together, a feast), from com- (with) and vivum (life, living). This is an older form of what became 'convivial'.
Convival is basically an archaic version of 'convivial,' showing how English had multiple paths to the same meaning before settling on one preferred form. Language is constantly pruning unnecessary variants, and convival got pruned.
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