Words: ante-jentacular, adj.
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From the Latin for breakfast, the word was overlooked by Johnson and is quoted only from the beginning of the 18th and 19th centuries in the OED, which does not mention Bentham's healthy habit. It was to sustain him to the age of 84, which is rarely the result of pell-mell jogging and working breakfasts.
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