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symposiast|sɪmˈpəʊzɪæst|
[ad. Gr. type *συµποσιαστής, f. συµποσιάζειν to drink together, f. συµπόσιον symposium.]
One who takes part in a symposium.
1. A member of a drinking-party; a banqueter.
In first quot. confused with symposiarch; the definition is taken from Cotgr. s.v. Symposiarque.
1656Blount Glossogr., Symposiast, the master or over⁓seer of a Feast, a Feast-maker.
1830Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) I. 199 The symposiasts of Whitby. 1835T. Mitchell Acharn. of Aristoph. 129 note, That the Spartans had distinguished themselves by their agreeable manners, but that the Athenians had carried away the palm, as symposiasts at the entertainment. 1900W. Tuckwell Remin. Oxford 13 The delightful symposiasts..are gone to..the Mansion of Hades.
2. One who contributes to a ‘symposium’ on some topic (symposium 2).
1878R. Wallace in Smith & Wallace Life & Last Leaves (1903) 244 The view of Mr. Gladstone and the symposiasts. 1930Time & Tide 16 May 638 This new sally is directed against the Religious Symposiasts of the popular press, against the well-known writers who take part in those series called ‘Is Prayer Answered?’ [etc.]. 1978Social Sci. & Med. XII. 185 The symposiasts insist that their analyses are stimulated by the cultural science, yet cannot specify just how. |