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a person who is an adept conversationalist at table.
Origin:
1650–60; after a literary work by Athenaeus, Deipnosophistḗs, an expert in affairs of the kitchen, equivalent to Greek deîpno(n) meal + sophistḗs sophist
1650–60; after a literary work by Athenaeus, Deipnosophistḗs, an expert in affairs of the kitchen, equivalent to Greek deîpno(n) meal + sophistḗs sophist
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deipnosophist
"gourmand," 1650s, from Gk. deipnosophistes "one learned in the mysteries of the kitchen," from deipnon "chief meal, dinner," + sophistes "master of a craft." the word has come down thanks to "Deipnosophistai," 3c. work on gastronomy by Athenaeus.
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