jentacular

Etymology

From Latin ientaculum (“a breakfast taken immediately on getting up”) and English -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛnˈtæk.jə.ləɹ/

Adjective

jentacular (comparative more jentacular, superlative most jentacular)

1. Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up.

   I took a post-jentacular walk to settle my stomach.

See also

• prandial
• breakfast

References

• “jentacular” in James Stormonth, Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition, William Blackwood and Sons (1879), page 755: “jentacular, a. jĕn-tăk-ūl-ėr (L. jentaculum, a breakfast taken immediately on getting up), applied to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up: pre-jentacular, applied to what is done early in the morning, as taking a breakfast before getting up.”