The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prelibation
Prelibation \Pre`li*ba"tion\, n. [L. praelibatio, fr. praelibare to taste beforehand: cf. F. prelibation.]
A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.
A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.
Wiktionary
prelibation
n. 1 A taste beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste. 2 A pouring out, or libation, before taste.
Usage examples of "prelibation".
She experienced, through the play of her imagination upon this new and startling conception of life, an intoxicating prelibation of freedom such as she had never dreamed to savour.