symposiac

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin symposiacus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

symposiac (comparative more symposiac, superlative most symposiac)

  1. Of or pertaining to a symposium
    • 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. [], 1st Irish edition, Dublin: [] S. Powell, for George Risk, [], George Ewing, [], and William Smith, [], →OCLC:
      symposiac disputations amongst my acquaintance

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Noun[edit]

symposiac (plural symposiacs)

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