Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to a meal.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Relating or pertaining to a dinner or other meal: as, prandial preparations.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to a repast, especially to dinner.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to a meal
Etymologies
- From Latin prandium, late breakfast; see ed- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“But let's be honest, when you spend 16 hours a day in a delirious state of prandial deprivation, your cravings rival those of a pregnant woman.”
“What they were not prepared for was the post-prandial aggression of oil traders who kicked and punched them back on to the pavement.”
“Mr. Bornemann, who hardly ever misses a meeting, has not prolonged ago had teenager knee as good as during a behind of surgery; he promises to lapse for a subsequent prandial as good as postprandial deliberations.”
“What else to do after that but saunter up to The Beauchamp for a few post prandial settlers.”
“The post-prandial reward is a cup of coffee with fresh cream.”
The Huffington Post: April Streeter: Necessity is the Mother of...Weird Meals
“Surely, these questioners asked, the writing-up of notes must have been a more common post-prandial activity - of editors and of columnists - than I had said.”
“That journalists post prandial sound that you hear was not significantly different than pre.”
ABC’s big meal propaganda | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
“We sat in a fun and informative panel on Christian SF and fantasy, spent some time wandering the halls, and then to a very cool ultra techno decor Chinese restaurant, then to the room for a quick post-prandial coma before returning to the con to visit parties and the dance.”
“We disagree on much, but lawdy, how interesting the prandial discussion would be.”
“These high-ceilinged, cavernous rooms cover nearly 5,000 square meters, but Mr. Wilson's low, almost nocturnal lighting and the sound, which ranges from metal clinks meant to mimic the workshops where trinkets were made to swishing waves, produce an effect on the viewer similar to a post-prandial grappa, even at 11 a.m.”
The Wall Street Journal: Egyptian Treasures: Between the Deity and Deep Blue Sea
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘prandial’.
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Logolepsy
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A Time of Gifts
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A whooshing of turpentine up my nostrils
Descriptors to use at your next wine-tasting
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drseatbelt's Words
bilious, centenarian, droll, palliative, cortege, stultify, polysemy, suffuse, lambent, timorous, aegis, modicum and 224 more...
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nfrank's Words
antediluvian, equivocate, inchoate, denouement, effulgent, edify, endemic, palimpsest, apropos, circumnavigate, circumlocution, cognoscente and 484 more...
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errata, corrigenda, lacuna, inculcate, chiaroscuro, temerity, folderol, juggernaut, diadem, alacrity, exegesis, portmanteau and 97 more...
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miscellany
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rememberers
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wordhoard
ataraxia, hermit, cabana, hut, dome, vestigial, porcine, crapulous, usufruct, curmudgeon, bombastic, nimbus and 229 more...
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salvific, redemptive, salvic, roil, changeling, barrow, burro, sow, swath, haymow, shock, sheaves and 190 more...
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ofravens' omnibus
preponderance, idioglossia, acumen, heteronym, flux, anacoluthon, metonymy, impetus, constellation, exegesis, revelatory, cloistered and 866 more...
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madamepsychosis's Words
mollify, salubrious, prandial, coup de grace, ineluctable, metempsychosis, pedant, conatus, oeuvre, laconic, solipsism, vapid and 265 more...
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ifjuly's list
favorite words
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2707 more...
Prandial: of or relating to a meal Mar 21, 2009