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Definition of Preprandial
1. Adjective. Preceding a meal (especially dinner). "A preprandial drink"
Definition of Preprandial
1. Adjective. of or relating to the time before dinner; appetizer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preprandial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preprandial
Literary usage of Preprandial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fortnightly Review (1883)
"... into which some day he will have to retire for his preprandial doze, but to
make the tenant-farmers owners for life of all those pleasant farms over ..."
2. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1893)
"At half past five the next morning we had hardly finished a shivery preprandial
peep at the sunrise before the three ..."
3. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1893)
"At half past five the, next morning we had hardly finished a shivery preprandial
peep at the sunrise before the three ..."
4. An Account of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase by Robert Bruce Warden (1874)
"There was a considerable wait before dinner, and, therefore, there was considerable
preprandial talk. I managed to direct this talk so as to draw out my ..."
5. The American in Holland: Sentimental Rambles in the Eleven Provinces of the by William Elliot Griffis (1907)
"As matter of fact, these elevations were usually " half-and-half," as the Dutch
say of a certain preprandial drink. In the days before dikes, ..."
6. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1905)
"... strolling leisurely and observantly with his models, human and canine ; the
demure ladies, too, who took their preprandial walk on the Heath with the ..."
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