dinnertime

noun

Etymology

From dinner + time.

  1. derived from *deh₂y-
  2. derived from *deh₂imō
  3. inherited from *tīmô
  4. inherited from *tīmō
  5. inherited from tīma — “time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity
  6. inherited from tyme
  7. compounded as dinnertime — “dinner + time

Definitions

  1. The time when dinner takes place, as

    • An hour before dinnertime, steam the mazarine in the usual way, and when done, turn it out of the mould on its dish […]
    • By the thirteenth century mustard was a staple of Paris saucemakers, who peddled the product on the street every evening around dinnertime.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for dinnertime. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA