conversationalist

/ˌkɑːnvɚˈseɪʃənəlɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

noun

"If you can just ask questions about a person and nod sagely then they will leave thinking you are a brilliant conversationalist."
"But Shulgin, while a nimble conversationalist, can have trouble with names — of people and places, never chemicals."

Etymology tree English conversation English -al English conversational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conversationalist From conversational + -ist.

conversationalists (plural)

conversationalistic

Questions

How do you pronounce conversationalist?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑːnvɚˈseɪʃənəlɪst/.

What does conversationalist mean?

A person who participates in a conversation.

Where does conversationalist come from?

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