convivialist

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noun

A person of convivial habits.

“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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Meanings

nounconvivialist (plural convivialists)

plural convivialists

  1. A person of convivial habits.
  2. archaicA 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…”

Origin

From convivial + -ist.

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APA

convivialist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/convivialist

MLA

“convivialist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/convivialist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “convivialist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/convivialist.

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