Potation

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Noun

Potation (plural Potations)
  1. (often plural) The act of drinking.
  2. A drink, especially of an alcoholic beverage.

Quotations

  • 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe,
    Perhaps his nocturnal potations, prevented him from recognising accents which were tolerably familiar to him.

Adjectives for Potation

sparkling; nightly; plentiful; spirituous; bubbling; joyous.

Thesaurus

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