beuverie

French

Etymology

From irregular verb boire. Note: a more regular form buverie was created in the XVIth century but dropped from usage in the XIXth.

Noun

beuverie f (plural beuveries)

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

Further reading

“beuverie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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