prandial

[ pran-dee-uhl ]

/ ˈpræn di əl /

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adjective

of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.

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Origin of prandial

1810–20; <Latin prandi(um) luncheon, meal + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM prandial

pran·di·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby prandial

pramipexole, prana, pranava, prance, prand., prandial, Prandtl, Prandtl number, prang, pranidhana, prank

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How to use prandial in a sentence

A good dinner solves many a difficulty, whilst the post-prandial cigar and a glass of grog, like faith, removes mountains.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
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 prandial

prandial

/ (ˈprændɪəl) /

adjective

facetious of or relating to a meal

Derived forms of prandial

prandially, adverb

Word Origin for prandial

C19: from Latin prandium meal, luncheon

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