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afterborn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
af-ter-born
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Born after the father's death; posthumous.

adj

Of later birth; younger.

adj

Born after the will of a parent has been made.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English *afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren, from Old English æfterboren (“afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death”), equivalent to after- + born. Cognate with Scots efterborn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

after-born (alternative)

Questions

What does afterborn mean?
Born after the father's death; posthumous.
Where does afterborn come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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