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DEIPNOSOPHIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deipnosophist mean?
• DEIPNOSOPHIST (noun)
The noun DEIPNOSOPHIST has 1 sense:
1. someone skilled at informal chitchat
Familiarity information: DEIPNOSOPHIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone skilled at informal chitchat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("deipnosophist" is a kind of...):
conversationalist; conversationist; schmoozer (someone skilled at conversation)
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