Deipnosophist \dyp-NOS-uh-fist\ noun
1. Someone who is skilled in table talk.
Origin:
Deipnosophist comes from the title of a work written by the Greek Athenaeus in about 228 AD, Deipnosophistai, in which a number of wise men sit at a dinner table and discuss a wide range of topics. It is derived from
deipnon, "dinner" +
sophistas, "a clever or wise man."
Published on July 18, 2011 06:45