anteprandial

[ an-tee-pran-dee-uhl ]

adjective

1. preprandial.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anteprandial¹

First recorded in 1840–50; ante- + prandial

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

Anteprandial, an-te-prand′i-al, adj. before dinner.

From Project Gutenberg

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

"There's one thing about a college education which Mr. Huntington didn't mention last evening," Thatcher remarked to Cosden as they walked toward the bar for the anteprandial cocktail; "it gives a boy freedom of action and breadth of imagination."

From Project Gutenberg

Just before meal-time the cafés are crowded with people indulging in one of the renowned trio of appetizers, one of the great triumvirate of anteprandial potations—bittère, vermouth and absinthe.

From Project Gutenberg