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afternoon

noun
/ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/UK/ˌaf.təˈnuːn//ˌæf.tɚˈnun/US

Etymology

From Middle English afternone, after-non, equivalent to after- + noon.

  1. inherited from afternone

Definitions

  1. The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

    • Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;

  2. The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.

  3. A party or social event held in the afternoon.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. In the afternoon.

      • I stayd at home till noone, and recᵈ of Crowders for 3 loods of shilling 2l. 8s.; and afternoone I went with my wife to Wakefeild, where by yᵉ way I spent at Toppitt 8d., and wee lay at Jackson’s all night.
      • Afterwards […] they adjourned the court till two in the afternoon, and so went to prayers. Afternoon they called over the names of the rest of the college, demys, chaplains, &c.
      • Afternoon we came to Fuchen, or Xucheu, as others call it, where we were forced to stay to have the boat search’d by the Mandarine or customer.

    2. Ellipsis of good afternoon.

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Derived

aft, afternoon delight, afternooner, afternoon farmer, afternoonish, afternoon tea, arvo, crafternoon, good afternoon, midafternoon, preafternoon, this afternoon

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at afternoon. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01afternoon02lunchtime03lunch04midday05noon

A definitional loop anchored at afternoon. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at afternoon

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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