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单词 ante-jentacular
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ante-jentacular
ante-jentacular adj.
Brit. /ˌantᵻdʒɛnˈtakjᵿlə/
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U.S. /ˌæn(t)əˌdʒɛnˈtækjələr/
literary (chiefly humorous) pre-breakfast.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adjective]
earlyOE
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1796 J. Bentham Let. 16 Dec. in Corr. (1981) V. 339 Sleep rather a difficult operation [because of toothache]... Ante-jentacular walk muffled with two handkerchiefs.
1811 A. Knox Let. 12 Aug. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) II. 44 This ante-jentacular hour.
1867 Temple Bar Feb. 338 A boy condemned to a hard mattress and scanty bedclothes, to a public pump and a jack-towel, to early chapel and anti-jentacular (I believe that's the right thing now) repetition, ought not to have been so susceptible.
1996 M. Morton Cupboard Love 285 The Latin word for hungry—jejunus—appears in English as part of the term ante-jentacular, meaning before breakfast; typical ante-jentacular behaviour is characterized by blurred vision, a shuffling gait, and an intolerance for children and pets.
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