单词 | prandial |
释义 | prandialadj. Of or relating to dinner or dining; relating to or occurring during a meal. Cf. anteprandial adj., postprandial adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adjective] > dinner dinnerly1595 cenatory1650 pransorious1656 prandial1751 dinnery1839 1751 W. Kenrick Old Woman's Dunciad 9 Th'Egyptian Tribe itinerant repose At prandial Noon. 1851 J. Harris in J. Macfarlane Mem. T. Archer (1867) vi. 147 I should not accept your prandial invitation. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 927/2 Expenses legal, medical, funereal and prandial. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 813/1 Tables, knives, forks and other prandial apparatus were as lacking as they were in the palaces of kings a few centuries before. 1931 B. Marshall Father Malachy's Miracle vii. 207 His beady little eyes were wet as he concluded, partly owing to his ante-prandial, prandial, and post-prandial bibbings. 2003 Balance May–June 45 If you take insulin or sulphonylurea tablets or prandial glucose regulators to control your diabetes, monitor your blood glucose levels before, during and after your walk. Derivatives ˈprandially adv. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adverb] > dinner dinnerly1837 prandially1837 1837 Fraser's Mag. 15 575 Any such social outrage..if prandially inflicted, is about as justifiable a proceeding. 1966 Science 9 Sept. 1256/3 Rats without salivary glands also drink prandially when eating dry food. 1982 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 6 Feb. p. A6 Indulged prandially. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1751 |
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