单词 | prandial |
释义 | prandial (once / 73871 pages) adj Something that's prandial relates to a meal. If you tell a prandial joke at the dinner table, it happens while everyone's eating. You can describe things that happen while you're dining as prandial, and you can also talk about things related to eating as prandial. A prandial adventure might include traveling to Asia and eating local delicacies, and a prandial dispute might be an argument about what to serve for Christmas dinner. Prandial comes from a Latin root, prandium, "late breakfast or luncheon." WORD FAMILYprandial: postprandial, prandially, preprandial+/postprandial: postprandially USAGE EXAMPLESEven in multi-course-crazy Italy, the length and variety of this prandial parade stand out. Washington Post(Apr 21, 2016) The drug can be given as monotherapy or in combination with other diabetes drugs including metformin, sulfonylurea, thiazolidinediones, and prandial insulin. Forbes(Sep 18, 2014) The sight of the prandial preparations softened me. Zangwill, Israel, The King of Schnorrers—Grotesques a...(2011) adj of or relating to a meal |
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