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—compotatory /keuhm poh"teuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj./kom"peuh tay'teuhr/, n.a person who drinks or tipples with another.[1725-35; < LL; see COMPOTATION, -TOR]
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Compotator — Com po*ta tor, n. [L.] One who drinks with another. [R.] Pope. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
compotator — noun /ˈkɒmpɵˌteɪɾɚ/ One who drinks with another; a fellow drinker This amusement is superintended by the Friar, according to the recurrence of certian fustian words, to be repeated by every compotator in turn before he drank … Wiktionary
compotator — com·po·ta·tor … English syllables
compotator — ˈkämpōˌtād.ə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin com + potator drinker, from potatus, (past participle of potare to drink) + or more at potable : one who drinks with another … Useful english dictionary
compotateur — (kon po ta teur) s. m. Terme vieilli et familier. Celui qui boit avec. • De sa table, qui n est pas mince, à de joyeux compotateurs Il fait lui même les honneurs Mieux qu aucun seigneur de province, CHAUL. à Volt.. ÉTYMOLOGIE Le latin… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
compotation — /kɒmpəˈteɪʃən/ (say kompuh tayshuhn) noun a drinking or tippling together. {Latin compōtātio drinking together} –compotator /ˈkɒmpəteɪtə/ (say kompuhtaytuh), noun …
compotation — n. drinking party. ♦ compotator, n. ♦ compotatory, a … Dictionary of difficult words
