from Greek δειπνοσοϕιστής (Dipnosofistis) ‘one learned in the mysteries of the kitchen’, from δεῖπνον (deipnon) the chief meal, dinner + σοϕιστής (sophistes) a master of his craft, clever or wise man, sophist; the plural δειπνοσοϕισταί (Deipnosophistai) was the title of a celebrated work of the Greek Athenæus, (written after a.d. 228,) in which a number of learned men are represented as dining together and discussing subjects which range from the dishes before them to literary criticism and miscellaneous topics of every description 1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount; "Deipnosophists, Athenæus his great learned books carry that title" From: A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain, and Readers at Home
By Richard Ford Part I. 1845 Chicken and Rice P. 70
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