(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:57:46

Deip*nos"o*phist (?), n. [Gr. ; a meal + a wise man, sophist.]

One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.

 

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