symposiast

American  

[sim-poh-zee-ast, -uhst] / sɪmˈpoʊ ziˌæst, -əst /

noun

1. a person who attends or participates in a symposium.

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symposiast British  

/ sɪmˈpəʊzɪˌæst /

noun

1. a person who takes part in a symposium

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Etymology

Origin of symposiast

1650–60; originally < assumed Greek symposiastḗs (unattested), a derivative of symposiázein “to drink together” (with agentive suffix -tēs ), a verbal derivative of symposíon “drinking party” ( symposium ); in recent use probably recoinage: symposi(um) + -ast ( def. )