Feminine

beuverie

Meaning

binge, excessive (usually social) drinking

Translations

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bœ.vʁi/
Etymology

From beuveur (“a drinker”) + -erie, with the first part being an antiquated form of current buveur. A more regular form buverie was created in the sixteenth century but dropped from usage in the nineteenth.

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