afterthoughtn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːftəθɔːt/,

/ˈaftəθɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈæftərˌθɔt/,

/ˈæftərˌθɑt/

Forms: see after- prefix and thought n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: after- prefix, thought n.; after adv., English thought , think v.²

Etymology: < after- prefix + thought n. In use as adjective perhaps partly < after adv. + thought, past participle of think v.²

a. A thought occurring later or subsequently; a thought applied or acted upon at a later time. Also: an act of thinking about a past incident, event, etc. Later also as a mass noun.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > reconsideration > [noun] > a subsequent thought

afterthought1590

1590 tr. Coppie of Anti-Spaniard 3 It wil be too late with after thoughtes to recouer our liberty being once lost.

?a1594 R. Greenham Wks. (1605) iv. 844 So long as these after-thoughts correct the former.

1606 R. Hacket Serm. 38 The same Beza in his after thoughts writing vnto Francis Baldwin.

a1632 A. Hildersam CLII Lect. Psalme LI (1635) xlii. 207 The after-thoughts we shall one day have of our sins.

a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 10 To write but on one side of the leaf, leaving the other for any after-thoughts.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 157 Ill Nature, the After-thoughts of which strike Horror and Regret.

1767 T. Boston Wks. 91/2 Our childhood is spent in pitiful trifling pleasures, which become the scorn of our own after-thoughts.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. xxi. 551 Forced into unity..by the afterthought of a subsequent age.

1922 V. M. Masten Stop Thief ii. 61 [Her] knees were brought to earth by afterthought of the accusing cries of the lad Gervais.

1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side i. 34 ‘There aint no girl in this..valley worth a second look.’ Then..had a cunning afterthought: ‘'ceptin' yourself of course, Señora.’

2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xxv. 365 Her thoughts came..by accumulation, an odd gallimaufry of semi-related thoughts and afterthoughts.

b. The action or an act of reconsidering something done earlier, with a view to changing a decision respecting it.In later use perhaps merely a contextual use of sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > reconsideration > [noun]

rethinking1579

second thoughts1581

recogitationc1591

reconsideration1606

after-wit1607

after-meditation1626

after-counsel1634

remeditation1642

afterthought1647

after-consideration1693

after-rumination1830

retake1922

rethink1958

1647 Bp. J. Hall Christ Mysticall §8. 39 Can they think the unchangeable God subject to after-thoughts?

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 397 He cannot discover any thing afterwards, that may move him to take up After-thoughts.

1765 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 3 Dec. Should this right..be now considered by any after thought as a reversible error.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 43 So long as matters remain entire, there is room for after thought and retraction.

1836 H. Taylor Statesman xxi. 142 He..will either get wrong, or get right more tardily by means of after-thought and correction.

1906 Sunday School Jrnl. Jan. 65/2 Repentance, the Greek word means literally a change of mind, especially such as comes from an afterthought.

1935 R. A. Knox Barchester Pilgrimage Prol. 1 The promises of authors are written in sand; they must be allowed their afterthoughts.

1990 European Joyce Stud. 2 76 Insights come by afterthought, by hindsight, often unprompted.

2. Something that is thought of or added later, typically as a secondary or subsidiary item.

ΚΠ

1699 J. Kelly Rel. Services in Victualling-office 14 It was not my first Intention to print the Transcript out of the Books..: But this being an After-Thought, I must acquaint you they have a double Face.

1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 44 Annihilation is an After-thought, A monstrous Wish unborn, till Virtue dies.

1761 M. Raper in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 799 The portico was an after-thought.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 274 There is one little end-parlour, an after-thought of the original builder.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. iii. §3. 254 If any reason were assigned it would be necessarily an afterthought.

1889 H. R. Haggard Allan's Wife vi By an afterthought, we filled our water-bottles.

1909 Musical Times May 300/2 That rousing chord was an afterthought. It does not appear in the original autograph!

1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms App. B. 138 Many of them are afterthoughts,..added to the mount after the time of its original design.

1971 R. MacDonald Underground Man iv. 26 That isn't an afterthought either. It was my first reaction when she came in.

2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke xiii. 138 ‘You got any rocks in there?’ he asked as an afterthought.

3. colloquial. The youngest child in a family, typically born considerably later than the other children, and often the result of an unplanned pregnancy.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > youngest child

nestling1572

reckling1611

swill-pough1611

nestle-tripe1616

nest-cock1674

pin basket1706

poke-shakings1808

mother's pet1819

afterthought1891

1891 Arthur's Home Mag. July 535/2 As for me, I'm only a sort of afterthought. I believe the nurseries at home had been permanently closed when I made my appearance upon the scene.

1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 3 Have you ever considered the fact that I was an afterthought?.. My father was 44 when I was born. My mother was 41. There was twelve years between me and the next eldest.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai iii. 48 Terence was the youngest child... (‘I'm a little afterthought.’)

1985 Sunday Tel. 3 Mar. 14/8 Christopher, afterthought son of the founder member,..is allowed to sit in on the ladies' discussions.

2004 G. Kot Wilco i. 11 ‘He was an afterthought, a surprise baby,’ his mother..says of Jeff.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. ii. 36 Shocked and insulted by this after-thought parade.

1864 L. Taliaferro in Coll. Minnesota Hist. Soc. (1894) VI. 215 Commissioner Dodge looked at this after-thought account of five thousand dollars.

1945 Billboard 11 Aug. 23/1 Even the Piccadilly with its Three Suns, a big name cocktail unit, limits its plugging to institutional ads giving the trio a kind of afterthought mention.

1967 G. Gould Let. 24 Apr. (1992) 101 The real virtue of the recording process is not in its inherent perfections but in the after-thought control by which one can operate upon the raw material of performance.

1977 Guardian 11 Jan. 9/5 These only child patterns are very similar for afterthought children—or children of late second marriages.

1990 Farm Jrnl. Jan. c4/1 For years, barley has been considered an afterthought feed grain, a second-string crop that could barely pay its own way.

2005 S. Glave in M. C. Blew & P. Druker Forged in Fire 121 The utility room—an afterthought room housing a hodgepodge of outdated appliances.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	afterthought
释义	afterthoughtn. Brit. /ˈɑːftəθɔːt/, /ˈaftəθɔːt/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌθɔt/, /ˈæftərˌθɑt/ Forms: see after- prefix and thought n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: after- prefix, thought n.; after adv., English thought , think v.² Etymology: < after- prefix + thought n. In use as adjective perhaps partly < after adv. + thought, past participle of think v.² 1. a. A thought occurring later or subsequently; a thought applied or acted upon at a later time. Also: an act of thinking about a past incident, event, etc. Later also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > reconsideration > [noun] > a subsequent thought afterthought1590 1590 tr. Coppie of Anti-Spaniard 3 It wil be too late with after thoughtes to recouer our liberty being once lost. ?a1594 R. Greenham Wks. (1605) iv. 844 So long as these after-thoughts correct the former. 1606 R. Hacket Serm. 38 The same Beza in his after thoughts writing vnto Francis Baldwin. a1632 A. Hildersam CLII Lect. Psalme LI (1635) xlii. 207 The after-thoughts we shall one day have of our sins. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 10 To write but on one side of the leaf, leaving the other for any after-thoughts. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 157 Ill Nature, the After-thoughts of which strike Horror and Regret. 1767 T. Boston Wks. 91/2 Our childhood is spent in pitiful trifling pleasures, which become the scorn of our own after-thoughts. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. xxi. 551 Forced into unity..by the afterthought of a subsequent age. 1922 V. M. Masten Stop Thief ii. 61 [Her] knees were brought to earth by afterthought of the accusing cries of the lad Gervais. 1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side i. 34 ‘There aint no girl in this..valley worth a second look.’ Then..had a cunning afterthought: ‘'ceptin' yourself of course, Señora.’ 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xxv. 365 Her thoughts came..by accumulation, an odd gallimaufry of semi-related thoughts and afterthoughts. b. The action or an act of reconsidering something done earlier, with a view to changing a decision respecting it.In later use perhaps merely a contextual use of sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > reconsideration > [noun] rethinking1579 second thoughts1581 recogitationc1591 reconsideration1606 after-wit1607 after-meditation1626 after-counsel1634 remeditation1642 afterthought1647 after-consideration1693 after-rumination1830 retake1922 rethink1958 1647 Bp. J. Hall Christ Mysticall §8. 39 Can they think the unchangeable God subject to after-thoughts? a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 397 He cannot discover any thing afterwards, that may move him to take up After-thoughts. 1765 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 3 Dec. Should this right..be now considered by any after thought as a reversible error. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 43 So long as matters remain entire, there is room for after thought and retraction. 1836 H. Taylor Statesman xxi. 142 He..will either get wrong, or get right more tardily by means of after-thought and correction. 1906 Sunday School Jrnl. Jan. 65/2 Repentance, the Greek word means literally a change of mind, especially such as comes from an afterthought. 1935 R. A. Knox Barchester Pilgrimage Prol. 1 The promises of authors are written in sand; they must be allowed their afterthoughts. 1990 European Joyce Stud. 2 76 Insights come by afterthought, by hindsight, often unprompted. 2. Something that is thought of or added later, typically as a secondary or subsidiary item. ΚΠ 1699 J. Kelly Rel. Services in Victualling-office 14 It was not my first Intention to print the Transcript out of the Books..: But this being an After-Thought, I must acquaint you they have a double Face. 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 44 Annihilation is an After-thought, A monstrous Wish unborn, till Virtue dies. 1761 M. Raper in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 799 The portico was an after-thought. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 274 There is one little end-parlour, an after-thought of the original builder. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. iii. §3. 254 If any reason were assigned it would be necessarily an afterthought. 1889 H. R. Haggard Allan's Wife vi By an afterthought, we filled our water-bottles. 1909 Musical Times May 300/2 That rousing chord was an afterthought. It does not appear in the original autograph! 1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms App. B. 138 Many of them are afterthoughts,..added to the mount after the time of its original design. 1971 R. MacDonald Underground Man iv. 26 That isn't an afterthought either. It was my first reaction when she came in. 2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke xiii. 138 ‘You got any rocks in there?’ he asked as an afterthought. 3. colloquial. The youngest child in a family, typically born considerably later than the other children, and often the result of an unplanned pregnancy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > youngest child nestling1572 reckling1611 swill-pough1611 nestle-tripe1616 nest-cock1674 pin basket1706 poke-shakings1808 mother's pet1819 afterthought1891 1891 Arthur's Home Mag. July 535/2 As for me, I'm only a sort of afterthought. I believe the nurseries at home had been permanently closed when I made my appearance upon the scene. 1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 3 Have you ever considered the fact that I was an afterthought?.. My father was 44 when I was born. My mother was 41. There was twelve years between me and the next eldest. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai iii. 48 Terence was the youngest child... (‘I'm a little afterthought.’) 1985 Sunday Tel. 3 Mar. 14/8 Christopher, afterthought son of the founder member,..is allowed to sit in on the ladies' discussions. 2004 G. Kot Wilco i. 11 ‘He was an afterthought, a surprise baby,’ his mother..says of Jeff. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. ii. 36 Shocked and insulted by this after-thought parade. 1864 L. Taliaferro in Coll. Minnesota Hist. Soc. (1894) VI. 215 Commissioner Dodge looked at this after-thought account of five thousand dollars. 1945 Billboard 11 Aug. 23/1 Even the Piccadilly with its Three Suns, a big name cocktail unit, limits its plugging to institutional ads giving the trio a kind of afterthought mention. 1967 G. Gould Let. 24 Apr. (1992) 101 The real virtue of the recording process is not in its inherent perfections but in the after-thought control by which one can operate upon the raw material of performance. 1977 Guardian 11 Jan. 9/5 These only child patterns are very similar for afterthought children—or children of late second marriages. 1990 Farm Jrnl. Jan. c4/1 For years, barley has been considered an afterthought feed grain, a second-string crop that could barely pay its own way. 2005 S. Glave in M. C. Blew & P. Druker Forged in Fire 121 The utility room—an afterthought room housing a hodgepodge of outdated appliances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1590
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