bacchanology

English

Noun

bacchanology (uncountable)

1. The study of drinking and its preparations, and history.
   • 1863. Henry Porter, George Edwin Roberts. Cups and Their Customs:

     As, in this age of progress, most things are raised to the position of a science, we see no reason why Bacchanology (if the term please our readers) should not hold a respectable place, and be entitled to its due mead of praise...

   • 1991. William Grimes. The New York Times, August 25, 1991:

     IF YOU THINK IT'S tough to get a decent dry martini... At every turn, the student of bacchanology faces the bewildering blend of misinformation, lore and legend that constitutes barroom etymology...