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Prelibation   Listen
noun
Prelibation  n.  
1.
A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.
2.
A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.





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"Prelibation" Quotes from Famous Books



... through the play of her imagination upon this new and startling conception of life, an intoxicating prelibation of freedom such as she had never ...
— Red Masquerade • Louis Joseph Vance
... privilege of an outside place on a mail-coach, when carrying down the first tidings of any such event. And it is to be noted that, from our insular situation, and the multitude of our frigates disposable for the rapid transmission of intelligence, rarely did any unauthorised rumour steal away a prelibation from the first aroma of the regular despatches. The government news was generally ...
— The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc • Thomas de Quincey


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