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Jun. 27, 2015
Word of the Day

preprandial Audio Pronunciation
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\pree-PRAN-dee-uhl\
adjective
1. before a meal, especially before dinner; anteprandial: a preprandial apéritif.
Quotes
I am now reaching the end of my usual preprandial walk.
-- Vladimir Nabokov, Look at the Harlequins!, 1974
Origin
Preprandial came to English in the early 1800s from the Latin prandium meaning "luncheon, meal."
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