symposiast
nounEtymology From the Ancient Greek συμποσιαστής (sumposiastḗs, “a fellow-drinker; a boon-companion”), from συμπόσιον (sumpósion), whence symposium.
1
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
2
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
- Derived terms
- symposiastic