symposiast

symposiast noun: someone participating at a banquet or drinking party.

Noun

symposiast (plural symposiasts)

(archaic) Someone participating at a banquet or drinking party.
- Lady ――― is tolerably well, with two courses and a French cook. She has fitted up her lower rooms in a very pretty style, and there receives the shattered remains of the symposiasts of the house.1842 September 11 Sydney Smith "Letter to Lady Day" in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, Volume 2 (1855; London: Longman, Brown, Green) p.469, No.478
A participant in a symposium.
- I can begin to speak to some of these issues and to the charge given the symposiasts by referencing some of my own work which for more than a decade addressed issues in or on the edge of one major public policy debate.1997, Carl F. Cranor, “A Philosophy of Risk Assessment and the Law: A Case Study of the Role of Philosophy in Public Policy” in Philosophical Studies LXXXV, № 2/3, page 135

கருத்தரங்கிற பங்குபெறுவோர்

plural	symposiasts

From the Ancient Greek συμποσιαστής (sumposiastḗs, “a fellow-drinker; a boon-companion”), from συμπόσιον (sumpósion), whence symposium.

What does symposiast mean?: Symposiast means someone participating at a banquet or drinking party.
What is symposiast in Tamil?: Symposiast in Tamil is கருத்தரங்கிற பங்குபெறுவோர். See Symposiast meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is symposiast?: Symposiast is a noun.
What is the plural of symposiast?: The plural of symposiast is symposiasts.

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