deipnosophist

n. 餐桌上的健谈者

发音

/daɪpˈnɒsəfɪst/

词形变化

deipnosophists 复数 deipnosophists

别名

dipnosophist

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A master of the art of dining, particularly learned conversation in the manner of Athenaeus's characters.

词汇关系

词源

From the 3rd-century Ancient Greek Δειπνοσοφισταί (Deipnosophistaí) by Athenaeus, derived from δειπνο- (deipno-, “deipno-, dinner-”) + σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “one knowledgeable in the arts of ~”). Sometimes misunderstood owing to confusion with pejorative senses of sophist.

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