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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--potatory 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 (garg AT wordsmith.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. X-Bonus A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free. -Nikos Kazantzakis, writer (1883-1957)

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