Meanings
- uncountableThe study of drinking and its preparations, and history.
IF YOU THINK IT'S tough to get a decent dry martini... At every turn, the student of bacchanology faces the bewildering blend of misinformation, lore and legend that constitutes barroom etymology...
1991. William Grimes. The New York Times, August 25, 19911 more example
As, in this age of progress, most things are raised to the position of a science, we see no reason why Bacchanology (if the term please our readers) should not hold a respectable place, and be entitled to its due mead of praise...
1863. Henry Porter, George Edwin Roberts. Cups and Their Customs
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