preprandialadj.

Brit.

/priːˈprandɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌpriˈprændiəl/

Forms: 1800s praeprandial, 1800s– preprandial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, prandial adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + prandial adj. Compare postprandial adj. and earlier anteprandial adj.

Done, made, taken, happening, etc., before dinner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [adjective] > before or after meal

after-dinner1633

postprandial1820

preprandial1820

post-cenal1848

pre-dinner1905

pre-lunch1922

1820 C. Lamb Let. 10 Jan. (1935) II. 268 I have no quarrel with you about præprandial avocations.

1862 C. Crosland Mrs. Blake II. 101 The ‘pre-prandial’ hour or two of winter darkness.

1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xviii. 269 That charming invention of modern days, the pre-prandial tea.

1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot II. 170 Chicken sandwiches are all right with the preprandial sherry, but they're not a meal.

1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass x. 94 A long evening lay ahead of them—until the wine had done its notoriously good work in softening preprandial resolution.

1992 M. Leyner Et Tu, Babe (1993) v. 100 I remembered my own preprandial admonition to the thin-lipped, 60-year-old attorney from Jersey City.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preprandial
释义	preprandialadj. Brit. /priːˈprandɪəl/, U.S. /ˌpriˈprændiəl/ Forms: 1800s praeprandial, 1800s– preprandial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, prandial adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + prandial adj. Compare postprandial adj. and earlier anteprandial adj. Done, made, taken, happening, etc., before dinner. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [adjective] > before or after meal after-dinner1633 postprandial1820 preprandial1820 post-cenal1848 pre-dinner1905 pre-lunch1922 1820 C. Lamb Let. 10 Jan. (1935) II. 268 I have no quarrel with you about præprandial avocations. 1862 C. Crosland Mrs. Blake II. 101 The ‘pre-prandial’ hour or two of winter darkness. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xviii. 269 That charming invention of modern days, the pre-prandial tea. 1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot II. 170 Chicken sandwiches are all right with the preprandial sherry, but they're not a meal. 1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass x. 94 A long evening lay ahead of them—until the wine had done its notoriously good work in softening preprandial resolution. 1992 M. Leyner Et Tu, Babe (1993) v. 100 I remembered my own preprandial admonition to the thin-lipped, 60-year-old attorney from Jersey City. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1820
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