Friday, March 04, 2005
Word of the Day #4
postprandial (post-PRAN-dee-uhl) adjective
After a meal, especially dinner.
Example: "I really enjoy my postprandial bliss" -- Duke Leto
After a meal, especially dinner.
Example: "I really enjoy my postprandial bliss" -- Duke Leto
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I got it from the A Word A Day mailing list. Here's more from it:postprandial (post-PRAN-dee-uhl) adjective
After a meal, especially dinner.
[From Latin post- (after) + prandium (meal). Ultimately from
Indo-European root ed- (to eat or to bite) that has given other
words such as edible, comestible, obese, etch, and fret.]
Two siblings of this word are preprandial (before a meal)
and prandial (relating to a meal).
Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/postprandial.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/postprandial.ram
Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/postprandial.html
I loved the word as it described a state that I find truly blissful :)
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After a meal, especially dinner.
[From Latin post- (after) + prandium (meal). Ultimately from
Indo-European root ed- (to eat or to bite) that has given other
words such as edible, comestible, obese, etch, and fret.]
Two siblings of this word are preprandial (before a meal)
and prandial (relating to a meal).
Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/postprandial.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/postprandial.ram
Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/postprandial.html
I loved the word as it described a state that I find truly blissful :)
You can subscribe to the list at wordsmith.org.
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