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hydropot|ˈhaɪdrəʊpɒt|
[ad. mod.L. hydropota, ad. Gr. ὑδροπότης water-drinker: in mod.F. hydropote.]
A water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks.
[1727–41Chambers Cycl., Hydropota, in medicine, a person who drinks nothing but water.] 1727Bailey Vol. II, Hydropote, a Water-Drinker. 1885Pall Mall G. 19 Dec. 3 The momentous change from ‘taking wine as an article of food’, and becoming a hydropot.
So † hydroˈpotic, -ˈopotist Obs. rare—0, in same sense.
1623Cockeram, Hydropoticke, one that still drinkes water. 1678Phillips (ed. 4) List Barbarous Words, Hydropotist, a water-drinker. |