The Wonderful World Of Words, 4/3/17
A variety of small portions of traditional Spanish dishes are served as tapas. In Greece, Turkey, and Egypt they're called mezze. A little meal or spuntino, in Italy might be a minipizza, grilled bread with tomatoes and cheese, or small skewers of meat and vegetables. And dim sum, which means to do (or touch) the heart in Chinese, is a savory snack of spring rolls, pot stickers, and steamed dumplings, to name a few. .
--American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide, 4th Edition
Roberta Larson Duyff
DEFINITION:
Noun
A small meal
ANTONYMS:
Feast
Banquet
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
Latin (prandiculum, "a breakfast" "a little dinner")
PRONUNCIATION:
[pran-dee-kil]
SCRABBLE SCORE:
13, but it is not considered an official Scrabble word
USAGE AND EXAMPLES
We trekked to the UN, which was closed (as Lindsey said UN-cool). Luckily there was plenty of chocolate to sooth my disappointment. Chocolate served as a PRANDICLE for us on several occasions. It was sooooo tasy and between the 3 of us splitting two bars had us full. Also at the UN I was able to take a picture next to a giant chair just for my mom, so it wasn’t a total waste. It’s no Rothasay Prairie Chicken, but at least it was something giant. We spent the rest of the day alternating between playing in the snow and hiding out inside so our toes didn’t freeze off. We came back to Copenhagen the next day. It was such a relief to be done traveling!
--Anja Abroad
http://anjaincopenhagen.blogspot.com
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