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symposiast
[ sim-poh-zee-ast, -uhst ]
/ sɪmˈpoʊ ziˌæst, -əst /
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noun
a person who attends or participates in a symposium.
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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” (see symposium); in recent use probably recoinage: symposi(um) + -ast
Words nearby symposiast
Symplegades, symploce, sympodium, symposiac, symposiarch, symposiast, symposium, symptom, symptomatic, symptomatize, symptomatology
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British Dictionary definitions for symposiast
symposiast
/ (sɪmˈpəʊzɪˌæst) /
noun
a person who takes part in a symposium
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