after-yearn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːftəjɪə/,

/ˈɑːftəjəː/,

/ˈaftəjɪə/,

/ˈaftəjəː/, U.S.

/ˈæftərˌjɪ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, year n.

Etymology: < after- prefix + year n.

A later or future year. Usually in plural.In quot. 1869: (in plural) future generations, posterity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > later or subsequent period

after age1560

afterday1591

morrowc1595

after-year1625

back1673

afterward1677

after-hour1726

after1830

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > later or subsequent period > a later year

after-year1858

1625 J. Robinson Observ. xxxii. 173 The after years are constreyned to bear the manifold infirmities, & diseases which are owing to inordinat youth.

1668 H. More Two Last Dialogues iv. 158 Truth was a-dawning... But in Henry the eighth's time..it was but as yet a dim Twylight in comparison of after-years.

1792 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 897 In youth you charm our Hearts, and in your after-years you charm away our purses.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion viii. 378 Sottish vice..To which in after years he may be rouzed.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. 341 Had the subject been taken up in after years, we might have had another Marmion.

1858 W. T. Matson Poems 459 Love..sagely musing o'er Fate's riddle-book, The secret coins of many an after-year.

1869 Ld. Tennyson Coming of Arthur 157 In one great annal-book, where after-years Will learn the secret of our Arthur's birth.

1902 J. Gairdner Eng. Church 16th Cent. iv. 45 In spite of all the frightful demoralization of his after years he retained both characters to the very end.

1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 189 We went to play 'em to church together, And carried 'em there in an after year.

1993 Humanist in Canada Winter 14/2 He bore no malice, but was always courtesy itself when we occasionally met in after-years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	after-year
释义	after-yearn. Brit. /ˈɑːftəjɪə/, /ˈɑːftəjəː/, /ˈaftəjɪə/, /ˈaftəjəː/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌjɪ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, year n. Etymology: < after- prefix + year n. A later or future year. Usually in plural.In quot. 1869: (in plural) future generations, posterity. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > later or subsequent period after age1560 afterday1591 morrowc1595 after-year1625 back1673 afterward1677 after-hour1726 after1830 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > later or subsequent period > a later year after-year1858 1625 J. Robinson Observ. xxxii. 173 The after years are constreyned to bear the manifold infirmities, & diseases which are owing to inordinat youth. 1668 H. More Two Last Dialogues iv. 158 Truth was a-dawning... But in Henry the eighth's time..it was but as yet a dim Twylight in comparison of after-years. 1792 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 897 In youth you charm our Hearts, and in your after-years you charm away our purses. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion viii. 378 Sottish vice..To which in after years he may be rouzed. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. 341 Had the subject been taken up in after years, we might have had another Marmion. 1858 W. T. Matson Poems 459 Love..sagely musing o'er Fate's riddle-book, The secret coins of many an after-year. 1869 Ld. Tennyson Coming of Arthur 157 In one great annal-book, where after-years Will learn the secret of our Arthur's birth. 1902 J. Gairdner Eng. Church 16th Cent. iv. 45 In spite of all the frightful demoralization of his after years he retained both characters to the very end. 1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 189 We went to play 'em to church together, And carried 'em there in an after year. 1993 Humanist in Canada Winter 14/2 He bore no malice, but was always courtesy itself when we occasionally met in after-years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1625
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