potatory

[poh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or given to drinking.

potatory

/ -trɪ, ˈpəʊtətərɪ /

adjective

1. rare,  of, relating to, or given to drinking

Word History and Origins

Origin of potatory¹

From the Latin word pōtātōrius, dating back to 1820–30. See potation, -tory ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of potatory¹

C19: from Late Latin pōtātōrius concerning drinking, from Latin pōtāre to drink

Example Sentences

As for the working-men, they smoke pipes of tobacco almost to a man, and as generally prescribe for and administer to themselves alcohol in some one or other of its forms, commonly that of something short, which, if asked to give it a name, we will call gin, or euphemistically, Old Tom, not to say, dyslogistically, blue ruin, for the useless sake of pleasing the United Kingdom Alliance; those conspirators against the potatory liberty of the subject who hate us youth, and specially abhor Punch.

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It is found that the late wet weather at Chobham has had a most singularly contrasting effect upon the potatory propensities of the officers who have been stationed there.

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The fact of the matter is, Albert, I have devoted my unfortunate life to two arts: the military and the potatory.

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It somewhat lessens in our notions the personal responsibility, or the personal potatory capability of the parson, to discover that there was an ordination in town during that rum-paged week, and that the visiting ministers probably drank the greater portion of Jerome Ripley's liquor.

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