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deipnosophistry

deipnosophistry noun: skilled table talk.

Noun

deipnosophistry (uncountable)

  1. skilled table talk

Origin of deipnosophistry

From deipno- (“dinner”) + sophistry or deipnosophist + -ry.

Questions about deipnosophistry

What does deipnosophistry mean?
Deipnosophistry means skilled table talk.
What part of speech is deipnosophistry?
Deipnosophistry is a noun.

Words near deipnosophistry in the dictionary

  1. deiphonines
  2. deipn-
  3. deipno-
  4. deipnophobia
  5. deipnosophist
  6. deipnosophistry
  7. deipnosophists
  8. deipnosophy
  9. deir
  10. Deir ez-Zor
  11. Deira

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