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convivialist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person of convivial habits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

A person who drinks alcohol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 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...”

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History

Etymology

From convivial + -ist.