jentacular
Of or pertaining to breakfastOf or pertaining to breakfast; specifically, one taken early in the morning or immediately upon getting up.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, formal)Of or pertaining to breakfast; specifically, one taken early in the morning or immediately upon getting up.
I took a post-jentacular walk to settle my stomach.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Learned borrowing from Latin iēntāculum (“breakfast (particularly taken right after gettinLearned borrowing from Latin iēntāculum (“breakfast (particularly taken right after getting up)”) + English -ar (suffix meaning ‘of, near, or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Iēntāculum is derived from ientō (a variant of ieientō (“to have breakfast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice; to worship”)) + -culum (diminutive suffix).
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Word family
3 related wordsSee also
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