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Wednesday 15 February 2012

Entry: post-prandial (adj.)


In context: "...Schtitt savoring a post-prandial pipe..."

Definition:  Done, made, taken, happening, etc., in the period after a meal.

Other: There are 308 words in Scrabble that take post- as a prefix.  I won't make you trudge through them all, but are a few that stood out:


POSTABORTION
POSTACCIDENT
POSTAMPUTATION
POSTAPOCALYPTIC

POSTBOURGEOIS
POSTCAPITALIST
POSTCARDLIKE

POSTCONSONANTAL
POSTCOPULATORY
POSTEMBRYONAL
POSTERUPTIVE
POSTHEMORRHAGIC
POSTHOLOCAUST
POSTLIBERATION
POSTPUNK
POSTWORKSHOP



SNOOT score: 1

Page: 80
 
Source: Oxford English Dictionary


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