symposiast

English

Etymology

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

Noun

symposiast (plural symposiasts)

One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Sydney Smith to this entry?)
A participant in a symposium.
- 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:
  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.

Derived terms

symposiastic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for symposiast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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