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drinkfest

noun

Etymology

From drink + -fest. Compare German Trinkfest.

  1. derived from *dʰrenǵ-✻ — “to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”
  2. inherited from *drinkaną✻ — “to drink”
  3. inherited from *drinkan✻
  4. inherited from drincan — “to drink, swallow up, engulf”
  5. inherited from drinken
  6. suffixed as drinkfest — “drink + fest”

Definitions

  1. An event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.

    • The ritual-social drinkfests are the focal point of Tagbanuwa life.
    • In societies where religion and social organization are inseparable, and every authorized carousal is by association religious, the drinkfest was almost certain to become a religious ceremony.
    • It has pool tables, lots of loud music and a small restaurant where you can line your stomach before competing in a drinkfest with the Oreños.

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