compotation
1Compotation — Com po*ta tion, n. [L. compotatio; com + potare to drink.] The act of drinking or tippling together. [R.] [1913 Webster] The fashion of compotation. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …
2compotation — ⇒COMPOTATION, subst. fém. Vx. Action de boire ensemble. Camarades de compotation (GOBINEAU, Nouvelles asiatiques, La Guerre des Turcomans, 1876, p. 200). Prononc. Seule transcr. ds BESCH. 1845 et LITTRÉ : kon po ta sion. Étymol. et Hist. 1690… …
3compotation — /kom peuh tay sheuhn/, n. an act or instance of drinking or tippling together. [1585 95; < L compotation (s. of compotatio, trans. of Gk sympósion SYMPOSIUM). See COM , POTATION] * * * …
4compotation — ˌkämpōˈtāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Latin compotation , compotatio (translation of Greek symposion drinking party), from com + potatio potation : a drinking or tippling together : carouse …
5compotation — (kon po ta sion) s. f. Terme vieilli et familier. Régal entre plusieurs personnes. ÉTYMOLOGIE Voy. compotateur …
6compotation — n. 1. Pot companionship, tippling in company, drinking together. 2. Revelling, revelry, conviviality, carousing, wassailing, frolicking, jollification. 3. Revel, debauch, bacchanals, saturnalia, wassail, orgies, carouse, carousal, drinking bout,… …
7compotation — com·po·ta·tion …
8compotation — /kɒmpəˈteɪʃən/ (say kompuh tayshuhn) noun a drinking or tippling together. {Latin compōtātio drinking together} –compotator /ˈkɒmpəteɪtə/ (say kompuhtaytuh), noun …
9compotation — n. drinking party. ♦ compotator, n. ♦ compotatory, a …
10com|po|ta|to|ry — «kuhm POH tuh TR ee, TOHR », adjective. 1. having to do with compotation. 2. addicted to compotation …
