inter pocula

prepositional phrase

Between alcoholic drinks; during a drinking session.

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Between alcoholic drinks; during a drinking session.

    He asked them both to dinner, and inter pocula all seemed to go well. But it was only the convivial lull that was to precede a post-prandial storm.

    2011, H. R. Haweis, Music and Morals, page 242

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Latininter pōcula“among drinking cups”
  2. Englishinter pocula

From Latin inter pōcula (“among drinking cups”).

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