The word deipnosophist is derived from Greek elements meaning 'meal' and 'wise man,' so we can assume it means someone wise in mealtime conversation...it could also just mean a gastronome, but if you spout it at a dinner party, I guarantee no one will ask you to which meaning you refer... everyone else will silently be trying to figure out if you've insulted them or not. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Middle Of the Week, Huzzah!] Reference
An Italian deipnosophist is unlikely to get a nose-a-fist. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The One reads the teleprompter well, but a deipnosophist he ain't. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
deipnosophist, which means someone skilled at across the table chitchat. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 28, 2003] Reference
I think that deipnosophist is a good description of what Corey the Welldigger was not when Hannity called him about his letter to Nobama. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
A typical example occurs (as one might expect) at the entry for deipnosophist where a line that normally contains about 50 characters (plus spaces), has been printed with only 34 characters (plus spaces), mainly, apparently, because no one knew where to hyphen Deipnosophistai, the first word on the next line. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4] Reference
You want to know what a deipnosophist might be?. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Middle Of the Week, Huzzah!] Reference
While us non-deipnosophist went for a beer. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
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