Meanings
- rareuncountableDrinking of wine or other intoxicating liquor.
The art of poculation, if so it may be termed, being of the highest antiquity, and the claims of Bacchus as the inventor of the art being unquestioned.
1837, D.C., “Signs of the Times”, in The New Monthly Magazine, page 5802 more examples
And as for the marvellous poculation that follows the ordinary English dinner, the aristocratic Londoner appears simply as a porous member through which liquids disappear[…]or rather cognac and whisky sink into his organization as gracefully as if the British stomach were the proper receptacle and destiny of the alcohols.
1872 December 19, “Dined into Dyspepsia”, in New National Era, volume 3, number 50, page 1"I had to win enough money to get you out." I replied, leaving out the detail about the many hours I had spent engaging in poculation and copulation with the beautiful Serena Silva.
2021, Martin Lundqvist, “The Temper Complication”, in 50 Short Stories, page 123
Origin
- Latinpoculum“cup”
- Englishpoculation
From Latin poculum (“cup”) + -ation.
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poculation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poculation
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