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▪ I. compotation|kɒmpəʊˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. compōtātiōn-em drinking together (in Cic., transl. Gr. συµπόσιον), n. of action from *compōtāre, compōtāt-, f. com- + pōtāre to drink: cf. Fr. compotation and potation.]
A drinking or tippling together, drinking-bout, carouse, symposium.
1593Bacchus Bountie in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 272 His hot compotations in the day. 1636Healey Epictetus's Man. xlv. 66 Avoid the vulgar banquets, revels and compotations. 1702Statesmen Abingdon 4 Their Spirits were a little elevated in a chearful Compotation. 1862S. Lucas Secularia 101 A stately compotation with the Abbot.
Hence compoˈtationship (bad).
1825J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XVII. 109 Affection, friendship, and compotationship with Hogg.
▪ II. compotation
obs. f. computation. |