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conversationalist

noun
/ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/UK/ˌkɑːnvɚˈseɪʃənəlɪst/US

Etymology

From conversational + -ist.

  1. derived from conversātiōnem
  2. derived from conversacion
  3. inherited from conversacioun
  4. formed as conversational — “conversation + -al”
  5. suffixed as conversationalist — “conversational + ist”

Definitions

  1. A person who participates in a conversation.

    • If you can just ask questions about a person and nod sagely then they will leave thinking you are a brilliant conversationalist.

  2. A person skilled in general conversation.

    • But Shulgin, while a nimble conversationalist, can have trouble with names — of people and places, never chemicals.

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Derived

conversationalistic

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for conversationalist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA