Dinnered

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have eaten the evening meal, typically involving a more substantial and formal dining experience
2. To participate in a social gathering for a meal, often in a home or restaurant setting
3. To engage in the act of consuming food during the dinner time, which can include various cuisines and dishes

Etymology: "Dinnered" is simply the past tense and past participle of "dinner," so the real story belongs to the noun. "Dinner" comes from Middle English "dyner," borrowed from Old French "disner," which originally meant "breakfast" rather than the main evening meal. The French word is the ancestor of modern "dîner," which today means dinner, but its earliest sense was the first meal of the day, and it was also used for lunch. That earlier meaning points back to Vulgar Latin "*disiūnāre," built from Latin "dis-" and "iēiūnō," meaning "to break the fast." The word therefore began as a name for ending an overnight fast, and the meal it named drifted later in the day as daily routines changed. Dinner was once a midday meal for many people before it moved to the evening.

Synonyms: ate dinner, had dinner, dined, supped, feasted

Antonyms: fasted, skipped dinner, abstained from eating