A skilled dinner conversationalistSourced
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There is a word for the learned talker at dinner
A deipnosophist is skilled in conversation at the dinner table, especially learned conversation. The word does not mean a big eater or a master cook. Its history connects it with Athenaeus’s ancient work depicting discussions over dinner.
At this table, the distinctive skill is conversation.
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