postprandial

[ pohst-pran-dee-uhl ]

adjective
  1. after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.

Origin of postprandial

1
First recorded in 1810–20; post- + Latin prandi(um) “meal” + -al1

Other words from postprandial

  • post·pran·di·al·ly, adverb

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How to use postprandial in a sentence

  • A good dinner solves many a difficulty, whilst the post-prandial cigar and a glass of grog, like faith, removes mountains.

  • None of them impressed me with a very high idea of English post-prandial oratory.

    Our Old Home, Vol. 2 | Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • For, fired with a post-prandial ambition to obtain a cannon ball, he took to himself a long bamboo, and poked at the tree.

    At Last | Charles Kingsley
  • There was a dinner at Delmonico's, from whose program of post-prandial oratory I had purposely caused my own name to be omitted.

    Marse Henry (Vol. 2) | Henry Watterson
  • Tommy Heinz grew thinner and thinner, while Pete nursed sharp post-prandial stomach pains.

    PRoblem | Alan Edward Nourse

British Dictionary definitions for postprandial

postprandial

/ (pəʊstˈprændɪəl) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to the period immediately after lunch or dinner: a postprandial nap

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