deipno-

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δειπνο- (deipno-) from δεῖπνον (deîpnon, “dinner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪpnəʊ-/

Prefix

deipno-

1. Dinner, banquet.

   The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learnèd of Athenaeus

   • 1827, The British Critic, number I, page 475:

     An interchange of deipno-diplomatic correspondence.

   • 1891 June 23, The Daily News, 4/8

     People who heartily sympathise with the ‘deipnophobia’ of Gordon.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with deipno-

• deipnophobia, deipnophobic
• deipnosophist, deipnosophistic, deipnosophism

Anagrams

• Pinedo, opined, pedion, pioned, ponied