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Antonyms for lunched

Grammar : Verb
Spell : luhnch
Phonetic Transcription : lʌntʃ

Definition of lunched

Origin :
  • "mid-day repast," 1786, shortened form of luncheon (q.v.). The verb meaning "to take to lunch" (said to be from the noun) also is attested from 1786:
  • PRATTLE. I always to be Å¿ure, makes a point to keep up the dignity of the family I lives in. Wou'd you take a more Å¿olid refreÅ¿hment?--Have you lunch'd, Mr. Bribe?BRIBE. Lunch'd O dear! Permit me, my dear Mrs. Prattle, to refreÅ¿h my sponge, upon the honey dew that clings to your raviÅ¿hing pouters. O! Mrs. Prattle, this Å¿hall be my lunch. (kiÅ¿Å¿es)["The Mode," in William Davies' "Plays Written for a Private Theatre," London, 1786]
  • But as late as 1817 the only definition of lunch in Webster's is "a large piece of food." OED says in 1820s the word "was regarded either as a vulgarism, or as a fashionable affectation." Related: Lunched; lunching. Lunch money is attested from 1868; lunch-time (n.) is from 1821; lunch hour is from 1840. Slang phrase out to lunch "insane, stupid, clueless" first recorded 1955, on notion of being "not there." Old English had nonmete "afternoon meal," literally "noon-meat."
  • As in dine : verb eat, often formally
  • As in eat : verb consume food
Example sentences :
  • Whilst we lunched I looked at him when he was not noticing me.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Wrayson lunched at the club that morning, and received a warm greeting from his friends.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • The Marchese lunched here alone with us to-day, and it was a fiasco.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • If he had lunched at his father's, in the Rue Vieille-du-Temple, he must certainly still be there.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • We've lunched twice off it, and money goes quick at the pork-butcher's.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Lunched near the Jain Temple, which contains most curious carvings.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • She rose to go, and then she noticed that he had not lunched.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • The head-waiter at the hotel knew him, for he had often lunched there.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • I had previously lunched with him at his studio and we were very gay then.
  • Extract from : « Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess » by Henry W. Fischer
  • No one lunched at the Ffrench home that day, except the servants.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram

Synonyms for lunched

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