Intriguing Words – 9th May 2008

We all have to eat!

Abligurition              spending lavishly on food and drink

Accubation               lying down at meals

Ambigu                     dinner in which the various courses are served together

Antepast                   anything taken before a meal in order to whet the

                                   appetite

Aristology                 luncheon talk

Coenaculous             one who enjoys a midnight snack

Comessation             riotous feasting

Epulation                   a banquet, feast

Gaudy                        a feast, a day of plenty

Groaking                    staring at someone eating with the hope that he/

                                    she’ll give you something

Jentacular                  relating to breakfast

Lickerish                    squeamish in the choice of food

Pingle                          to eat with little or no appetite

Puddingtime              dinnertime (time when pudding – the first course –

                                     was served)

Simpsonize                 to dilute milk with water

Smellfeast                   an uninvited dinner guest (one who smells a feast)

Trenchermate            a table companion

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