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poculent

poculent adjective: fit for drink.

Adjective

poculent (comparative more poculent, superlative most poculent)

  1. (obsolete) Fit for drink.
    • Some of these herbs, which are not esculent, are notwithstanding poculent; as hops and broom.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Noun

poculent (plural poculents)

  1. (obsolete) A drink; something drunk.
    • […] the minute attention which the first physicians paid to the esculents and poculents of their patients […]1842, John Fletcher, John James Drysdale, Elements of General Pathology, page 467
    • The use of unguents acts as raiment against heat and cold by preventing profuse perspiration and evaporation; it is the more necessary in a land where extreme lassitude and thirst necessitate a great consumption of poculents.1859, The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, volume 29, page 323

Forms of poculent

Adjective
comparativemore poculent
superlativemost poculent
Noun
pluralpoculents

Origin of poculent

From Latin poculentus, from poculum (“cup”).

Questions about poculent

What does poculent mean?
Poculent means fit for drink.
What part of speech is poculent?
Poculent can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near poculent in the dictionary

  1. POCT
  2. Poctol
  3. Poctoy
  4. pocula
  5. poculation
  6. poculent
  7. poculents
  8. poculiform
  9. poculiforms
  10. poculum
  11. POCUS

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