This week's theme: red-herring words. 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 (a dry spirit made from potatoes). Two more familiar cousins of today's word are potion and potable. -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "An expert's guide to the potatory pleasures of port, sherry, montilla, and madeira." James Ainsworth; Vat City; Punch (London, UK); Feb 23, 1990. Sponsors' Messages: Speak French, German, Spanish or Italian? Speak it better with Champs-Elysees audio magazines! http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith2 Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=ax3&ad=aw ............................................................................ A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free. -Nikos Kazantzakis, writer (1883-1957) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Unsubscribe, change address, subscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/potatory.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/potatory.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/potatory.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
