preprandial UK /pɹiːˈpɹæn.dɪ.əl/US /ˌpɹiˈpɹæn.di.əl/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Occurring before a meal, especially dinner.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. — 2006 noun1 •A predinner drink; an apéritif.They drink, for one thing, sweet ports as preprandials, anathema to most English, who consider them digestifs, or after-dinner company. — 1974 formspreprandials
