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单词 symposiast
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symposiastn.

Brit. /sɪmˈpəʊzɪast/, U.S. /sɪmˈpoʊziəst/
Etymology: < Greek type *συμποσιαστής , < συμποσιάζειν to drink together, < συμπόσιον symposium n.
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.
1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 147 The symposiasts of Whitby.1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 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.1900 W. Tuckwell Reminisc. Oxf. 13 The delightful symposiasts..are gone to..the Mansion of Hades.
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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