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compotation

[ kom-puh-tey-shuhn ]

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noun

an act or instance of drinking or tippling together.

compotation

/ ˌkɒmpəˈteɪʃən /

noun

rare.
the act of drinking together in a company

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Derived Forms

ˈcompoˌtator, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of compotation¹

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of compotation¹

C16: from Latin compōtātiō, translation of Greek symposium

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Example Sentences

Once the celestial gods had been taking fish, and were in compotation, ere they the truth discovered.

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I remember yet what thou one evening saidst, when I for Gunnar, a compotation made.

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The grand compotation going on in the parlour waxed louder and wilder as the night wore on.

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