preprandial
Syllables: pre·prand·ial/pɹiːˈpɹæn.dɪ.əl/US/ˌpɹiˈpɹæn.di.əl/
preprandial adjective: occurring before a meal, especially dinner.
Adjective
preprandial
- 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
- Gauss laid aside his pipe, pulled his velvet cap over the back of his head, returned the Russian dictionary and the little volume of Pushkin to the shelf, and prepared to go for his preprandial walk.2006, Daniel Kehlmann; Carol Brown Janeway, transl., Measuring the World, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books; republished London: Quercus, 2007, page 251
- Synonyms:
- anteprandial, predinner, premeal, precibal
Noun
preprandial (plural preprandials)
- A predinner drink; an apéritif.
- They drink, for one thing, sweet ports as preprandials, anathema to most English, who consider them digestifs, or after-dinner company.1974, Chicago Guide, volume 23, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 143, column 1
- Why have people forsaken martinis, Manhattans, old fashioneds, and other preprandials of long-standing popularity?1978, Horizon, volume 21, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 189
preprandial meaning in Tamil
preprandial in Tamil
- உணவுக்கு முன்
Examples of preprandial in a sentence
- Social drinkers (as they are sometimes called) may have excellent control over the amount they drink and still look forward to a preprandial aperitif (and miss it when they do not get one).2008, Ann M. Manzardo; Donald W. Goodwin; Jan L. Campbell; Elizabeth C. Penick; William F. Gabrielli, Jr., “The Symptoms”, in Alcoholism...
- The standardized analysis of metabolic parameters in the preprandial and postprandial state may provide important functional clues for the diagnosis of metabolic disorders.2010, Johannes Zschocke, “Function Tests”, in Georg F. Hoffmann, Johannes Zschocke, William L[eo] Nyhan, editors, Inherited Metabolic...
- 'How's Allison?' I asked over preprandials.1991, Bernard Bannerman, chapter 4, in The Judge's Song, [U.K.]: Sphere Books; republished Sandy, Bedfordshire: Authors OnLine, 2009
Synonyms of preprandial
Antonyms
Forms of preprandial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | praeprandial |
| alternative form | præprandial |
| alternative form | pre-prandial |
| Noun | |
| plural | preprandials |
Origin of preprandial
From pre- + prandial.
Words formed from preprandial
Questions about preprandial
- What does preprandial mean?
- Preprandial means occurring before a meal, especially dinner.
- What is preprandial in Tamil?
- Preprandial in Tamil is உணவுக்கு முன். See Preprandial meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use preprandial in a sentence?
- Social drinkers (as they are sometimes called) may have excellent control over the amount they drink and still look forward to a preprandial aperitif (and miss it when they do not get one).
- What part of speech is preprandial?
- Preprandial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce preprandial?
- Preprandial is pronounced /pɹiːˈpɹæn.dɪ.əl/ (UK).
Words near preprandial in the dictionary
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