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compotation

noun

compotation

noun

Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin compōtātiō. Equivalent to com- + potation.

1

Archaic The social act of drinking together.

  • the fashion of compotation1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:

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