deipno-
English
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek δειπνο- (deipno-)[1] from δεῖπνον (deîpnon, “dinner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaɪpnəʊ-/
Prefix
deipno-
- Dinner, banquet.
- The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learnèd of Athenaeus
- 1827, The British Critic, number I, page 475:
- An interchange of deipno-diplomatic correspondence.
- 1891 June 23, The Daily News, 4/8
- People who heartily sympathise with the ‘deipnophobia’ of Gordon.
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with deipno-
- deipnophobia, deipnophobic
- deipnosophist, deipnosophistic, deipnosophism
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "deipno-, comb. form". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1894.