komast means A drunken reveller, especially as depicted in Ancient Greek art. It carries an Arena rating of 1527, earned across 67 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, komast ranks #910 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #1,305 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #1,893 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #3,335 of 17,151 for The Improbable.
Why “komast” is a great word
KOMAST — [Noun] A drunken reveller, specifically the archetypal figure of festive excess depicted on Ancient Greek pottery. From Ancient Greek κωμαστής (kōmastḗs, "reveller"), from κῶμος (kômos, "merrymaking"). Unlike a "bacchant," which denotes a state of divine, ritual frenzy, or a "carouser," a blandly modern term for boisterous drinking, a komast is a secular, artistic cipher for communal excess. He is the silhouetted dancer, cup in hand, on the curve of a black-figure vase; the corpulent figure staggering against a terracotta background; the eternal guest at a symposium passed from discourse into oblivion. It is the comedy of our perishable joys, frozen in clay.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κωμαστής (kōmastḗs, “reveller”), from κῶμος (kômos, “merrymaking”).
noun
- A drunken reveller, especially as depicted in Ancient Greek art.e.g.“The triple repetition of the god's name has a hymnic effect and so in form as well as function these lines are a modification of the standard appeal of the komast to a divinity for help.” — 1979, David West, Tony Woodman, Creative Imitation and Latin Literature, Cambridge University Press, published 2001, page 55:
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