postprandial

[ pohst-pran-dee-uhl ]

adjective

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

Origin of postprandial

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

Words Nearby postprandial

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How to use postprandial in a sentence

Most will be too sleepy to wonder what’s happening inside their cells and nerves, or which enzymes and hormones control the biochemistry of postprandial sleepiness.
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The postprandial moment has never struck me as a time for joe.
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Cabinet Councils of "tabbies," assembling over their postprandial Bohea, declared they would none of him.
Love's Usuries | Louis Creswicke
Like the burden of our sins, the postprandial odor of them must be sometimes intolerable.
Dealings With The Dead | A Sexton of the Old School
None of them impressed me with a very high idea of English postprandial oratory.
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, August, 1863, No. 70 | Various

The father alone did nothing, but still rested on his couch, perhaps indulging in a postprandial nap.
A Crystal Age | W. H. Hudson
The wit and gaiety, the range and the emphasis of their postprandial conversation can be imagined.
Vie de Bohme | Orlo Williams

British Dictionary definitions for postprandial

postprandial

/ (pəʊstˈprændɪəl) /

adjective

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

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