1827 Brit. Critic I. 475An interchange of deipno-diplomatic correspondence.
1891 Daily News 23 June 4/8 People who heartily sympathise with the ‘deipnophobia’ of Gordon.
deipno-
Prefix
- Dinner, banquet; concerning or related to dinner.
- The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learnèd of Athenaeus
1827, The British Critic, No. I, p. 475- An interchange of deipno-diplomatic correspondence.
1891 June 23, The Daily News, 4/8- People who heartily sympathise with the ‘deipnophobia’ of Gordon.
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek δειπνο- (deipno-)[1] from δεῖπνον (deîpnon, “dinner”).
Derived terms
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "deipno-, comb. form". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1894.