preprandial

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) Occurring before a meal, especially dinner.
 * 2) * 2006, ;, transl., , 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: , ISBN 978-0-375-42446-5 ; republished London: Quercus, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84724-114-6 , page 251:
 * Gauss laid aside his pipe, pulled his velvet cap over the back of his head, returned the Russian dictionary and the little volume of Pushkin to the shelf, and prepared to go for his preprandial walk.
 * Gauss laid aside his pipe, pulled his velvet cap over the back of his head, returned the Russian dictionary and the little volume of Pushkin to the shelf, and prepared to go for his preprandial walk.

Translations

 * French:

Noun

 * 1) A predinner drink; an apéritif.
 * 2) * 1991, Bernard Bannerman, chapter 4, in The Judge's Song, [U.K.]:, ISBN 978-0-7474-0520-7 ; republished Sandy, Bedfordshire: Authors OnLine, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7552-0469-4 :
 * 'How's Allison?' I asked over preprandials. He smiled as I ordered Southern Comfort – no ice, no soda; he liked the idea that some things don't change.
 * 1) * 1991, Bernard Bannerman, chapter 4, in The Judge's Song, [U.K.]:, ISBN 978-0-7474-0520-7 ; republished Sandy, Bedfordshire: Authors OnLine, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7552-0469-4 :
 * 'How's Allison?' I asked over preprandials. He smiled as I ordered Southern Comfort – no ice, no soda; he liked the idea that some things don't change.

Translations

 * German: appetitanregendes Getränk,