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præprandial

præprandial is the alternative form of preprandial.

Meaning of preprandial

Adjective

preprandial

  1. Occurring before a meal, especially dinner.
    • Whilst meditating on the beauty and design as shown in the ant-eater, whose præprandial movements I was intently watching, a young gentleman (not a naturalist) asked me, sotto voce, "what is that contrivance?" "It is a contrivance," said I, "for catching ants, and that is why he is called the...1854, “The Ant-eater”, in Bentley's Miscellany, volume XXXV, London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, page 550

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Forms of præprandial

pluralpræprandials

Questions about præprandial

What is præprandial the alternative form of?
Præprandial is the alternative form of preprandial.

Words near præprandial in the dictionary

  1. præpositive
  2. præpositor
  3. præposterous
  4. præpostor
  5. præpostors
  6. præprandial
  7. præprandials
  8. præpuce
  9. præpuces
  10. præputial
  11. præputium

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