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PRANDIAL
Definition of PRANDIAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a meal, especially dinner.
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Other senses
PRANDIAL carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Of or relating to a meal.
Relating or pertaining to a dinner or other meal: as, prandial preparations.
adjective
Of or pertaining to a repast, especially to dinner.
adjective
of or relating to a meal
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin prandialis, or Latin prandium (“late breakfast; lunch”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives). Prandium is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃mós (“first”) (from *preh₃-) + *h₁ed- (“to eat”) + Latin -ium (suffix forming nouns).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
PRANDIAL in a sentence
“Into his post-prandial idyll stalks Steve Coogan; taller, sharper, slightly harried, he sits down heavily and scowls.”
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are', 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRANDIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 319 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRANDIAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADILNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PRANDIAL. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start PRANDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found PRANDIAL?
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