English Explanatory Dictionary

afterling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.
adj
  1. Coming after; later; subsequent; of later date; late in order of time or succession.

Word forms

afterling afterlings more afterling most afterling

Etymology

From Middle English afterling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling (“afterling”, adjective). By surface analysis, after + -ling.

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