afterwave

noun

Etymology

From after- + wave.

  1. derived from *webʰ-
  2. inherited from *wabōną
  3. inherited from *wabōn
  4. inherited from wafian
  5. inherited from waven
  6. prefixed as afterwave — “after + wave

Definitions

  1. A wave (in literal and figurative senses) that follows something.

    • Simultaneously with the lull in Germany we are beginning to hear of all these preparations [in Italy], which the lull renders comparatively unimportant. The news of them comes as a sort of afterwave of the German crisis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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