beuverie

French

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœ.vʁi/

Noun

beuverie f (plural beuveries)

1. binge, excessive (usually social) drinking
   • 1949 [1842], Henri Mongault, Les âmes mortes, translation of original by Nicolas Gogol:

     Je n’ai qu’un pauvre lopin de terre, mes paysans se croisent les bras, ne rêvent que de beuveries

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Further reading

• “beuverie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.