deipnosophist \dyp-NOS-uh-fist\, noun:
Someone who is skilled in table talk.
Deipnosophist comes from the title of a work written by the Greek Athenaeus in about 228 AD, Deipnosophistai, in which a number of wise men sit at a dinner table and discuss a wide range of topics. It is derived from deipnon, “dinner” + sophistas, “a clever or wise man.”
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2007/11/22.html
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