Deipnosophist
//daɪpˈnɒsəfɪst// noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A master of the art of dining, particularly learned conversation in the manner of Athenaeus's characters.
- 2 someone skilled at informal chitchat wordnet
Etymology
From the 3rd-century Ancient Greek Δειπνοσοφισταί (Deipnosophistaí) by Athenaeus, derived from δειπνο- (deipno-, “deipno-, dinner-”) + σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “one knowledgeable in the arts of ~”). Sometimes misunderstood owing to confusion with pejorative senses of sophist.
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