ETYMOLOGY
from Latin perpotation-, perpotatio (continued drinking, drinking bout),
from perpotat-, past participial stem of perpotare (to drink heavily),
from per- + potare (to drink) + ‑io (-ion)
EXAMPLE
“… How could the inner man be capable of appreciating epic, when the outer man had been clogged with so much adventitious matter? Some of the guests seemed eminent professors of perpotation. My host was old, but still a literary enthusiast. His poetic fire had increased with his corporeal frigor. …”
From: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Containing Original Essays, Historical Narratives….
Volume VIII. 1826
“Epicism”
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