Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A convivial or humorous glee or catch.
- Of or pertaining to a symposium.
- Pertaining to or resembling musical catches, rounds, or glees.
- noun A conference or conversation at a banquet; a symposium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering.
- adjective Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening where company is drinking together.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
symposium - noun A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering.
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Examples
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I am told that in Germany it matters not how friendly the members of a symposiac may be, everybody is expected to order and pay for his own booze.
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The honest working girl shuns the society of the wealthy wanton, and the stupid ignoramus, whatsoever his fortune, is accorded no seat at the symposiac -- is blackballed by the brotherhood of brains.
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A kiss to have any scientific value, should last one minute and seven seconds by Shrewsbury clock, and be repeated seven times, not in swift succession, but with the usual interval between wine at a symposiac.
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