prandial

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(where he stops for a post-prandial pause to consider madam, deified, and other examples of the genre), safari, alligator, and many other verbal delights.

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  • They decided against a third round, Clyde reminding his wife that they had yet to take their pre-prandial walk down to Princes Street Gardens and back. —  Mortal Causes
  • He wondered if Clyde Moncur was out for a post-prandial stroll. —  Mortal Causes
  • He engaged her in conversation now, and presently Rosie helped her up the stairs to her room and settled her down for her post-prandial nap, which left her free to run downstairs again before the old lady could think of anything else she might need while taking a rest on her bed. —  A Kind Of Magic
  • How many post-prandial, post-coital saunters had Penelope and I not shared along its towpath? —  The mission song
  • (where he stops for a post-prandial pause to consider madam, deified, and other examples of the genre), safari, alligator, and many other verbal delights. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4
 

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  1. From Latin prandium, late breakfast; see ed- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin prandium, a breakfast or an early dinner or luncheon, usually taken at noon.
 

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/ˈprændiəl/
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