potatory

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"The fact of the matter is, Albert, I have devoted my unfortunate life to two arts: the military and the potatory.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or given to drinking.

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  • "The fact of the matter is, Albert, I have devoted my unfortunate life to two arts: the military and the potatory. —  Greener Than You Think
  • I coquetted a whole minute with my napkin, before I attempted the soup, and I helped myself to the potatory food with a slow dignity that must have perfectly won the heart of the solemn waiter. —  Pelham — Volume 03
  • "And now, gentlemen," said Clifford, as soon as the revellers had provided themselves with their wonted luxuries, potatory and fumous, "let us hear your adventures, and rejoice our eyes with their produce. —  Paul Clifford — Volume 04
  • "And now, gentlemen," said Clifford, as soon as the revellers had provided themselves with their wonted luxuries, potatory and fumous, —  Paul Clifford — Complete
  • These cocktails, and other artificial combinations of liquor, (of which there were at least a score, though mostly, I suspect, fantastic in their differences,) were much in favor with the younger class of customers, who, at farthest, had only reached the second stage of potatory life. —  The Blithedale Romance
 

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  1. Late Latin pōtātōrius, from Latin pōtātus, past participle of pōtāre, to drink, from pōtus, a drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin potatorius, belonging to drinking, from Latin potator, a drinker, from potare, past participle potatus, drink: see potation.
 

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