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aftermath

noun
/ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/US/ˈɑːf.təˌmæθ/UK

Etymology

From after- + math (“a mowing”).

  1. derived from *h₂meh₁-✻ — “to mow”
  2. inherited from *mēþą✻ — “a mowing”
  3. inherited from mǣþ — “a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”
  4. inherited from math
  5. prefixed as aftermath — “after- + math”

Definitions

  1. That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in…

    That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

    • In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.
    • Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones).

  2. A second mowing

    A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.

    • They were cutting aftermath on all sides, which gave the neighbourhood, this gusty autumn morning, an untimely smell of hay.

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA