libation
noun/laɪˈbeɪʃən/
Etymology
From Latin lībātiō, from lībāre (“to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering”).
- derived from lībātiō
Definitions
The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual…
The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
- While we to Jove the pure libations pay, Than Jove what apter claims the hallow'd lay?
The wine or liquid thus poured out.
A beverage, especially an alcoholic one.
- […] watching you, the waiters, not quite making eye-contact but scanning for any little way to be of service, plus plum-jacketed sommeliers walking around to see if you need a non-buffet libation…
The neighborhood
- neighborlibate
- neighborlibationer
- neighborpotation
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for libation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA