prandial
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Etymology
Origin of prandial
1810–20; < Latin prandi ( um ) luncheon, meal + -al 1
Explanation
Something that's prandial relates to a meal. If you tell a prandial joke at the dinner table, it happens while everyone's eating. You can describe things that happen while you're dining as prandial, and you can also talk about things related to eating as prandial. A prandial adventure might include traveling to Asia and eating local delicacies, and a prandial dispute might be an argument about what to serve for Christmas dinner. Prandial comes from a Latin root, prandium, "late breakfast or luncheon."
Example Sentences
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May it please the Court," began Torbert, with mock gravity, "I find myself the victim of an unfortunate situation, and not a conscious and willing offender against the Prandial Code.
From Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life by Beard, Harry
Celebrity whom none has seen, Save some Post Prandial Marine, No magazine can reproduce Your Photograph.—Oh, what's the use Of doing things when one may be So Famous a Nonentity!
From The Mythological Zoo by Herford, Oliver
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