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convivialist

convivialist noun: a person of convivial habits.

Noun

convivialist (plural convivialists)

  1. A person of convivial habits.
  2. (archaic) A person who drinks alcohol.
    • Herman Melville (1857), chapter 2, in The Confidence-Man, page 10: “…there was no lack of variety. Natives of all sorts, and foreigners; men of business and men of pleasure;…teetotalers and convivialists…”

Forms of convivialist

pluralconvivialists

Origin of convivialist

From convivial + -ist.

Questions about convivialist

What does convivialist mean?
Convivialist means a person of convivial habits.
What part of speech is convivialist?
Convivialist is a noun.
What is the plural of convivialist?
The plural of convivialist is convivialists.

Words near convivialist in the dictionary

  1. convivence
  2. convivencia
  3. convives
  4. convivia
  5. convivial
  6. convivialist
  7. convivialists
  8. convivialities
  9. conviviality
  10. convivialize
  11. convivialized

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