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deipnosophist
noun
deip·nos·o·phist
\dīpˈnäsəfə̇st\
Definition of deipnosophist
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: a person skilled in table talk
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Origin and Etymology of deipnosophist
from the Deipnosophists, a work depicting a banquet where long discussions take place, written by Athenaeus fl a.d. 200 Graeco-Egyptian writer, from Greek Deipnosophistai, literally, culinary experts, plural of deipnosophistēs, from deipnon meal (probably of non-Indo-European origin) + sophistēs wise man, sophist
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