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afterlook

noun

Etymology

From after- + look.

  1. inherited from *lōkōn✻
  2. inherited from lōcian
  3. inherited from loken
  4. prefixed as afterlook — “after + look”

Definitions

  1. A retrospective or secondary look

    A retrospective or secondary look; a backward look or glance; a review.

    • Never shall his companionable draught cause thee an afterlook of anxiety into the tankard!
    • Having come in At last and closed the door and lighted her lamp, Sometimes she would go back for an afterlook.

The neighborhood

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

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