convivialist en · NOUN
Etymology
From convivial + -ist.
Meanings
- A person of convivial habits.
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(archaic) A person who drinks alcohol.
Herman Melville (1857), chapter 2, in The Confidence-Man, page 10: “…there was no lack of variety. Natives of all sorts, and foreigners; men of business and men of pleasure;…teetotalers and convivialists…”
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| convivialists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |