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单词 after-supper
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after-suppern.adj.

Brit. /ˈɑːftəˌsʌpə/, /ˈaftəˌsʌpə/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌsəpər/
Forms: see after- prefix and supper n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, supper n.1
Etymology: < after- prefix (with sense A. 1 compare after- prefix 2a) + supper n.1 With sense A. 1 compare after-dinner n., afternoon n., and also Middle French, French après-souper (probably a1400 as apriessoupper ). With sense A. 2 compare rere-supper n.
A. n.
1. The time after supper; the time between supper and bedtime. Frequently in at after-supper. Obsolete (archaic in later use).Early uses may constitute examples of at after prep. with supper n.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun]
evenOE
eventideOE
eveningOE
eventimeOE
evea1250
evetimec1300
even whilea1375
evetidea1382
supper timec1390
supper whilea1425
forenight1513
evening-tide1521
supperwardc1563
after-supperc1596
Vesperugo1600
vesper1613
far-day1650
eveg1675
evg1777
dew-falla1822
the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > time after supper
after-supperc1596
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 294 At after Souper gooth this noble kyng To seen this hors of bras.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 333 At aftir souper was made a clene avoydaunce, that every lorde and lady sholde go unto his reste.
?1545 C. Langton Introd. Phisycke iii. vi. f. lxxxvv Asinius woulde not so much as vnseale a letter at after supper, so muche the lesse reade one.
c1596 A. Bacon Let. in G. Ungerer Spaniard in Elizabethan Eng. (1974) I. 272 I haue vnderstood from yow this aftersupper, I am to desire to yow to send me Sigr Perez his dispatch.
1668 T. St. Serfe Tarugo's Wiles iv. 36 You know the disposition of my body requires an after-Suppers walk.
1891 E. S. Holt White Lady of Hazelwood v. 71 My Lady shall snap off my head at after supper.
2. = rere-supper n. Obsolete (historical in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > retiring or secondary meal
voideec1374
rere-suppera1393
void1461
rere-banquet1530
after-meala1600
after-supper1600
postpast1603
rere feast?1615
arrière supper1889
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 34 This long age of three hours, betweene Or [= Our] after supper, & bed-time. View more context for this quotation
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regoubillonner, to make a reare supper, steale an after supper; banquet late anights.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 207 It is near after-supper.
1854 J. Doran Table Traits 254 The hours for meals were eight, noon, and six; but ‘after-meats’, and ‘after-suppers’, filled up the intervals.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the time after supper; taken or held after supper.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adjective]
vespertinec1503
acronic1565
acronical1585
vesperal1623
chronical1647
cronicall1647
vespertinal1839
post-cenal1848
after-supper1879
a1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1657) v. 64 This Sacrament of the Gospel is an after Supper modicum, full of spiritual signification, but not so stuffie for outward matter, that [etc.].
1802 N. Desenfans Descr. Catal. Pict. Different Schools (ed. 2) I. 92 The after-supper frolic of three midnight rakes.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxii. 312 His unpremeditated after-supper stroll.
1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience I. ii. vii. 254 An evening party, in the full vigour of its after-supper dances.
1921 Musical Times 62 716/2 The after-supper discussions..have been attended by the whole School.
1945 Rotarian Dec. 14/1 It was the after-supper habit of the Rev. Hubert Dahme..to take a walk through downtown Bridgeport.
1991 J. Chang Wild Swans xiii. 250 My father..always took his after-supper walk with me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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