potation
Something to sip
Potation is a formal or literary word for a drink, especially an alcoholic one: an evening of potations and conversation.
The word often appears in the plural to suggest repeated drinking or a drinking session.
It carries a slightly humorous, old-fashioned tone, as if elevating simple drinking to something ceremonial.
Warm-fermented malt drink
- brewSteeped or fermented drink
- meadHoney-fermented alcoholic drink
- ciderPressed apple beverage
- wineFermented grape beverage
beer · spirits · liquor · grog · punch · toddy · cordial · elixir
Heated bread; glass-raising honor
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- gobletStemmed drinking vessel
- communionProfound shared closeness
ceremony · offering · celebration · wassail · salute · christening · dedication · consecration
Impaired state from alcohol
- inebriationDrunken state
- tipsinessLight intoxication state
- stuporSuspended sensibility
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
boozy · besotted · sozzled · inebriate · tipsy · carousing · revelry · bacchanal
ale
Warm-fermented malt drink
wine · beer · spirits · liquor · grog · punch · toddy · cordial · elixir · tonic
toast
Heated bread; glass-raising honor
communion · ceremony · offering · celebration · wassail · salute · christening · dedication · consecration · tradition
drunkenness
Impaired state from alcohol
- inebriationDrunken state
- tipsinessLight intoxication state
- stuporSuspended sensibility
hangover · boozy · besotted · sozzled · inebriate · tipsy · carousing · revelry · bacchanal · bender
drinking
Liquid consumption act
gulping · swallowing · swigging · guzzling · tippling · draining · slurping · nipping · sampling · tasting
whiskey
Oak-aged grain spirit
gin · vodka · bourbon · cognac · sherry · port · merlot · pinot · sake · soju
potationabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
sobriety · teetotalism · temperance · abstention · prohibition