potations
Drafts from tankards
Potations is a literary or humorous term for drinks, especially alcoholic ones: After several potations, he grew philosophical.
The word carries an air of formality or mock-seriousness, often used when describing drinking as a deliberate activity rather than casual refreshment.
The singular potation appears occasionally but the plural dominates.
Ritual drink offerings
Drinking deeply, eagerly
- imbibingAbsorbing liquids orally
- bibulousGiven to drink
- tipplingDrinking habitually, casually
- wassailSpiced holiday beverage
carousal · conviviality · tavern · alehouse · flagon · tankard · goblet · draft
libations
Ritual drink offerings
wine · ale · beer · mead · grog · toddy · dram · draught · quaff · swill
quaffing
Drinking deeply, eagerly
wassail · carousal · conviviality · tavern · alehouse · flagon · tankard · goblet · draft · bumper
libation
Ceremonial drink offering
- offeringSomething presented or given
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
communion · sacrifice · toast · wassail · ritual · altar · sacred · votive · sanctity · ambrosia
inebriation
Drunken state
- drunkennessImpaired state from alcohol
- tipsinessLight intoxication state
- stuporSuspended sensibility
carousing · revelry · bacchanal · hangover · besotted · sozzled · fuddled · soused · inebriate · boozy
potationsabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
teetotalism · sobriety · temperance · prohibition · dry spell