compotation

The social act of drinking together.

Noun

  1. The social act of drinking together.
    • the fashion of compotation - 1814 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.;...

Origin

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

Forms

compotations