after-dinnern.adj.
/ˈɑːftəˌdɪnə/, /ˈaftəˌdɪnə/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌdɪnər/ A. n.
The time after dinner; a period of time after dinner, often devoted to recreation; the remainder of the day after dinner. Also: the afternoon.Early uses of at after-dinner may constitute examples of at after prep. with dinner n.
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society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > specific
nooning1552
after-dinner1576
wheta1628
High Mail1676
High Mall1712
Sabbath-day1734
Blue Monday1790
noonscape1819
noon-spell1839
children's hour1853
smoke-ho1874
welting1964
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > [noun]
evenOE
overnoonOE
midovernoona1325
afternoonc1330
mid-afternoona1400
undern1470
after-dinner1576
postmeridian1583
evening1587
post meridiem1647
none1656
noon1667
postnoon1686
aft1772
p.m.1776
after1906
pip emma1912
arvo1933
pee em1933
afty1966
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 255 At after dyner daun Iohn sobrely This chapman took a part.
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 187 Doon he dide hem marche, and so exployted the calcedonyens & grekes on an after dyner.
1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle xlix. sig. L.iiijv The yonge men of the kynges courte that neuer were dyfferent to no thynge that was for Iustes made crye a Iustynge for the after dyner.
1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs vi. f. 65 For pottage,..if ought be left, it shall At after dinner bee debated and discust.
1576 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini (title) Houres of recreation or afterdinners.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 111 An after dinners breath. View more context for this quotation
1612 S. Daniel First Pt. Hist. Eng. ii. 119 Vpon an after dinner, Henry wanne so much at chesse of Louis..as he growing into choller..threw the Chesse in his face.
1655 in M. V. Hay Blairs Papers (1929) 172 You will not see any heer..spend ane whole efter denner clattering with ther penytents.
1847 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 825/1 The after-dinners at the palace were, if possible, duller than the dinners.
1867 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 746/1 Her familiar memoirs, a work of a few after dinners.
1907 F. M. Hueffer Eng. & English i. iv. 101 He puts his feet on the dinner table; beguiles his after dinners with cards.
1924 E. Wharton New Year's Day iv. 49 Their innocuous talk during the long after-dinners in hot drawing-rooms.
1995 C. Kelly tr. J.-J. Rousseau Confessions V. ix. 339 As I had always done, I destined my mornings to copying and my after-dinners to taking a walk.
B. adj.
1. Following dinner; taking place after dinner; (of a speech, toast, etc.) given or made after dinner, prior to leaving the table; (of a speaker) that gives such speeches.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [adjective] > before or after meal
after-dinner1633
postprandial1820
preprandial1820
post-cenal1848
pre-dinner1905
pre-lunch1922
1633 W. Rowley All's Lost by Lust iii. sig. E4 These after dinner-naps are the repasts to my body.
1735 J. Swift Panegyrick on D— in Wks. II. 292 Taking her After-dinner Nap.
1785 Gentleman's Mag. July 570/2 In the gaiety of an after-dinner table-talk.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 44 The sermons of the Old Jewry, and the after-dinner toasts of the Revolution Society. View more context for this quotation
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xiii. 256 An after-dinner anecdote, which ought to be as piquant as an anchovy toast.
1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. 262 A drowsy after-dinner oration.
1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xviii. 246 The favourable after-dinner moment, when most men are most ready to promise that they will give liberally.
1919 J. J. Walsh Health through Will Power ix. 142 The dozy discomfort of an after-dinner nap.
1957 Times 22 Oct. 10/1 Watched and heard the after-dinner speakers on closed-circuit television.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Oct. c8/3 Attendees learned that a ‘Monte Carlo Night’ had been scheduled for the after-dinner period.
2. Of drink, food, or tobacco: consumed or taken after dinner, esp. as a digestive.
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1790 T. Dermody Let. 10 May in J. G. Raymond Life T. Dermody (1806) I. 133 His after-dinner nuncheon of macaroni.
1824 Somerset House Gaz. 21 Feb. 313/1 Taking his after-dinner pipe.
1845 W. M. Gillespie Rome x. 133 All are smoking, or taking their after-dinner coffee.
1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 269 The Anisette of Bordeaux has a good name as an after-dinner liqueur on the Continent.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 393/1 The cassolettes may be served as a hot hors d'œuvre, an entrée or an after-dinner savoury.
1964 R. Gover Here goes Kitten 103 They were sitting on the porch one evening,..puffing after-dinner cigars.
1991 Herb Compan. June–July 29/1 Most are sipped as an after-dinner digestif.
2004 Independent 9 Aug. (Review section) 5/1 The after-dinner mint, which has had a boost as a device by which to moderate the heat of a curry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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