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symposiac

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Etymology

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From Latin symposiacus.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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symposiac (comparative more symposiac, superlative most symposiac)

  1. Of or pertaining to a symposium.
    Synonyms: sympotic, sympotical (rare)
    • 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 110:
      The ancient custome in Symposiack meetings was to weave chaplets of roses about their heads.
    • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:
      symposiac disputations amongst my acquaintance

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Noun

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symposiac (plural symposiacs)

  1. A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet.
  2. (by extension) Any similar gathering.

References

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  1. ^ “symposiac, n. and adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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