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predinner en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English dinner English predinner From pre- + dinner.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring before or in preparation for dinner
    • This makes a perfectly fine predinner cocktail, but it hardly constitutes a balanced meal. 2007 August 15, “Letters”, in New York Times:

Synonyms

preprandial