A deipnosophist is someone skilled in the art of dinner table conversation. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “What is a Deipnosophist?”
We were talking earlier about a literary dinner party and I’m reminded of one of my favorite words, which is dipnosophist. Dipnosophist, I can’t even begin to break that down except maybe the
First part is two? No, it’s D-E-I-P-N-O-S-O-P-H-I-S-T. It comes from a Greek word that means the chief meal or dinner.
And so a diapnosophist is someone who is adept at conversation at the table or a master of dinner table conversation.
Well, that’s a perfect word. Right. Diapnosophist. I gotta say,
My favorite dinner is me and about two other people. Yeah, I can guess and a couple of animals running around maybe?
I don’t know.
I’m just saying.
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