Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poculation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poc-u-la-tion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Drinking of wine or other intoxicating liquor.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The art of poculation, if so it may be termed, being of the highest antiquity, and the claims of Bacchus as the inventor of the art being unquestioned."
"And as for the marvellous poculation that follows the ordinary English dinner, the aristocratic Londoner appears simply as a porous member through which liquids disappear[…]or rather cognac and whisky sink into his organization as gracefully as if the British stomach were the proper receptacle and destiny of the alcohols."
""I had to win enough money to get you out." I replied, leaving out the detail about the many hours I had spent engaging in poculation and copulation with the beautiful Serena Silva."

Etymology

From Latin poculum (“cup”) + -ation.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: poculum

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

poculent poculiform

Questions

What does poculation mean?: Drinking of wine or other intoxicating liquor.
Where does poculation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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