postprandial

[ pohst-pran-dee-uh l ]

/ poʊstˈpræn di əl /

after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.

Origin of postprandial

1810–20; post- + Latin prandi(um) meal + -al¹

The postprandial moment has never struck me as a time for joe.

Overrated/Underrated: Food, Glorious and Otherwise |Michael Tomasky |June 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
None of them impressed me with a very high idea of English postprandial oratory.

Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, August, 1863, No. 70 |Various
Like the burden of our sins, the postprandial odor of them must be sometimes intolerable.

Dealings With The Dead |A Sexton of the Old School
The wit and gaiety, the range and the emphasis of their postprandial conversation can be imagined.

Vie de Bohme |Orlo Williams

I will give you one or two examples of these postprandial inflictions.

Gryll Grange |Thomas Love Peacock
The father alone did nothing, but still rested on his couch, perhaps indulging in a postprandial nap.

A Crystal Age |W. H. Hudson

postprandial

/ (pəʊstˈprændɪəl) /

of or relating to the period immediately after lunch or dinner a postprandial nap

postprandial

[ pōst-prăn′dē-əl ]

Following a meal, especially dinner.