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symposiast
[ sim-poh-zee-ast, -uhst ]
noun
- a person who attends or participates in a symposium.
symposiast
/ ²õɪ³¾Ëˆ±èəʊ³úɪˌæ²õ³Ù /
noun
- a person who takes part in a symposium
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of symposiast1
1650–60; originally < assumed Greek ²õ²â³¾±è´Ç²õ¾±²¹²õ³Ùḗs (unattested), a derivative of ²õ²â³¾±è´Ç²õ¾±Ã¡³ú±ð¾±²Ô “to drink together†(with agentive suffix -³Ùŧ²õ ), a verbal derivative of ²õ²â³¾±è´Ç²õÃ´Ç²Ô â€œdrinking party†( symposium ); in recent use probably recoinage: symposi(um) + -ast ( def )
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