conversationist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone skilled in the art of conversation.
Example Sentences
- "Witty, learned, imaginative, she was conceded to be the best conversationist in any circle."
- "BROWN, SAMUEL, M.D., chemist, born in Haddington, grandson of John Brown of Haddington, whose life was devoted, with the zeal of a mediaeval alchemist, to a reconstruction of the science of atomics, which he did not live to see realised: a man of genius, a brilliant conversationist and an associate of the most intellectual men of his time, among the number De Quincey, Carlyle, and Emerson; wrote "Lay Sermons on the Theory of Christianity," "Lectures on the Atomic Theory," and two volumes of "Essays, Scientific and Literary" (1817-1856)."
- "[A] He was expert at fence, had some skill in drawing, and was a ready and eloquent conversationist and declaimer."
Etymology
From conversation + -ist.