Message-ID: <31450596.1075858928493.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:14:43 -0700 (PDT) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--potatory Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith @ENRON X-To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Wordsmith X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst potatory (POH-tuh-tor-ee) adjective Pertaining to or given to drinking. [From Latin potatorius, from Latin potatus, past participle of potare, to drink.] The word potatory has little to do with potatoes, unless the drink in question happens to be aquavit. Two more familiar cousins of today's word are potion and potable. -Anu "An expert's guide to the potatory pleasures of port, sherry, montilla and madeira." James Ainsworth, Vat City, Punch (London, UK), Feb 23, 1990. This week's theme: red-herring words. ............................................................................ In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough. -Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, dramatist and novelist (1688-1763) What to give to those who have everything? Give the gift of words. Here is a gift that keeps on giving. To enter a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day, please visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html or ask them to subscribe themselves at http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/potatory.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/potatory.ram