Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

afterdays

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: af-ter-days
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"And him the Greeks will giue, a master praise; / Verse finding him, to last all after daies."
"a. 1710, William Congreve, “To Sir Godfrey Kneller” in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, London: Jacob Tonson, 1710, Volume 3, p. 1001, But after-Days, my Friend, must do thee right, / And set thy Virtues in unenvy’d Light."
"[…] many a rising beauty would be slighted by him in after days as bearing no comparison with Mrs. Brandon."
"Often in peaceful after-days was Alleyne to think of that scene of the wayside inn of Auvergne."
"[…] this thwart Parliament whose moods we watch— / So insular, empiric, un-ideal— / May figure forth in sharp and salient lines / To retrospective eyes of afterdays,"

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does afterdays mean?: Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.

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