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symposiast

[ sim-poh-zee-ast, -uhst ]

noun

  1. a person who attends or participates in a symposium.


symposiast

/ ²õɪ³¾Ëˆ±èəʊ³úɪˌæ²õ³Ù /

noun

  1. 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´Ç²õí´Ç²Ô “drinking party†( symposium ); in recent use probably recoinage: symposi(um) + -ast ( def )

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