单词 | symposiast |
释义 | symposiastn. One who takes part in a symposium. 1. A member of a drinking-party; a banqueter.In first quot. 1656 confused with symposiarch n.; the definition is taken from Cotgrave at Symposiarque. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > [noun] > one who attends or gives party > drinking party symposiac1581 symposiast1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Symposiast, the master or over~seer of a Feast, a Feast-maker. 2. One who contributes to a ‘symposium’ on some topic (symposium n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > one who participates in parlant1586 collator1628 tryster1655 conferee1846 symposiast1878 Round Tabler1887 Congressist1888 conferencier1926 Sherpa1959 1878 R. Wallace in Smith & Wallace Life & Last Leaves (1903) 244 The view of Mr. Gladstone and the symposiasts. 1930 Time & Tide 16 May 638/2 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.]. 1978 Social Sci. & Med. 12 185 The symposiasts insist that their analyses are stimulated by the cultural science, yet cannot specify just how. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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