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prettygoodwordprandial (PRAN-dee-uhl) - adj., of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.
Not as common as postprandial, of or taking place after dinner. Coined in the 1810s from Latin prandium, a late breakfast or luncheon, which Lewis & Short tells me would be taken around noon, consisting of bread, fish, or cold meats, and comes from pra-, before + dies, day -- so breakfast for late risers. How this got generalized to any meal, no one seems to go into.
---L.
Not as common as postprandial, of or taking place after dinner. Coined in the 1810s from Latin prandium, a late breakfast or luncheon, which Lewis & Short tells me would be taken around noon, consisting of bread, fish, or cold meats, and comes from pra-, before + dies, day -- so breakfast for late risers. How this got generalized to any meal, no one seems to go into.
---L.
