DEIPNOSOPHIST

Meaning of DEIPNOSOPHIST in English

/duyp nos"euh fist/ , n.

a person who is an adept conversationalist at table.

[ 1650-60; after a literary work by Athenaeus, Deipnosophistés, an expert in affairs of the kitchen, equiv. to Gk deîpno ( n ) meal + sophistés SOPHIST ]

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DEIPNOSOPHIST — dīpˈnäsəfə̇st noun ( -s ) Etymology: from the Deipnosophists, a work depicting a banquet where long discussions take place, written …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEIPNOSOPHIST — (n.) One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.
Английский словарь Webster
DEIPNOSOPHIST — ( n. ) One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEIPNOSOPHIST — noun one of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.
Webster English vocab
CONVERSATIONALIST — n. deipnosophist It was a pleasure to have dinner with an intelligent conversationalist for a change
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