单词 | dinnerly |
释义 | dinnerlyadj. Of, relating to, or concerned with dinner.Apparently only in occasional, ad hoc use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adjective] > dinner dinnerly1595 cenatory1650 pransorious1656 prandial1751 dinnery1839 1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies iv. 113 A merrie Recorder of London..met him..in the street going to dinner to the Lord Maior... The dinnerly officer was so hastie on his way, that he refus'd to heare him. 1871 M. R. Barnard Sketches Life in Norway v. 162 There was indeed a very complete dearth of everything of a dinnerly capability at that symposium. 2013 Metro (Nexis) 2 July (ed. 1 Scotland) (Features section) 27 Amazing Grains will inspire great dinnerly doings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). dinnerlyadv.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adverb] > dinner dinnerly1837 prandially1837 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians iv. iv, in Comedies 98 Dic. Go poke the fire, my beauties! Chorus. Did'st hear with how much wit and glee How cookishly, how dinnerly [Gk. δειπνητικῶς], He manages his duties? 2. For or by one's dinner.Apparently only in occasional, ad hoc use. ΚΠ 1861 Illustr. Times 6 Apr. 209/3 The British oyster is..daily, nay, momentarily breakfastly, luncheonly, dinnerly, supperly—eaten at the cruelly early age of one or two seasons. 1900 Musical Times Apr. 226/2 He discovered a place where the inner man could be dinnerly refreshed at an exceedingly small cost. 2017 TVEyes (Nexis) (transcript of TV programme) 23 Aug. This is a completely new experience for me and I am really dinnerly challenged here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1595adv.1837 |
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