compotation

American  

[kom-puh-tey-shuhn] / ˌkɒm pəˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. an act or instance of drinking or tippling together.

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compotation British  

/ ˌkɒmpəˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. rare the act of drinking together in a company

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Other Word Forms

• compotator noun

Etymology

Origin of compotation

First recorded in 1585–95, compotation is from the Latin word compōtātiōn- (stem of compōtātiō, translation of Greek sympósion symposium ). See com-, potation

Example Sentences

I lay down afterwards, not so much sleeping as resting, without any pain in my head or body; then, having struck a bargain with the coachman over the bags, I received an invitation to the evening compotation.

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I can't help laughing at the thoughts of your face and mine; and our anxiety to keep the Aristarch in good humour during the early part of a compotation, till we got drunk enough to make him 'a speech.'

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This, however, is not always so; for it often happens that a match is broken off after many a friendly compotation has been held "upon the head of it," which means upon that subject.

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"Thou to the Æir shalt oft a compotation give."

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I will go into Oegir's halls, to see the compotation.

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