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anteprandial

American  
[an-tee-pran-dee-uhl] / ˌæn tiˈpræn di əl /

adjective

  1. preprandial.

Etymology

Origin of anteprandial

First recorded in 1840–50; ante- + prandial

Example Sentences

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Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm: The muffled astounded by the unmuffled during an anteprandial peregrination.

From Time Magazine Archive

The old-timers and the new took their anteprandial cocktail or toddy, and hospitably invited Barclay to join.

From A Trooper Galahad by King, Charles

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