afterbirthn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːftəbəːθ/,

/ˈaftəbəːθ/, U.S.

/ˈæftərˌbərθ/

Forms: see after- prefix and birth n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, birth n.¹

Etymology: < after- prefix + birth n.¹ In sense 1a perhaps after a form in another Germanic language: compare Middle Low German achterbōrt , early modern German afterbürde , afterburt , aftergeburt (16th cent.), German Nachgeburt , †Nachburt (16th cent.), Old Icelandic eptirburðr , Swedish efterbörd (16th cent.), early modern Danish, Danish efterbyrd ; compare also earlier afterburden n.In sense 3 originally after classical Latin agnātiō (see agnation n.).

a. The placenta and remains of the fetal membranes, which are normally expelled from the uterus after the delivery of the fetus; = secundine n. 1. Cf. earlier afterburden n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > placenta

secundine1398

afterburden?a1450

second birtha1513

afterbirth1527

second1562

glean1601

bed1611

placenta1638

sooterkina1658

womb-cake1657

womb-liver1657

womb-pancake1663

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon xlv. sig. c.iv^v/2 Thre ounces dronke of the same is good for women whiche be myscaryed of the mydwyfe in the byrthe of her chylde & the after byrth that is the secundina is ynough departed frome her as it therto belongeth.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxviii. 518 Now the woord Silo (sayeth Kimhi) signifieth the Sonne of him, and is deryued of a woorde which signifieth a womans Afterbirth as they terme it.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 81 When these vessels come vnto the secundine or after-birth they disperse through it notable braunches.

1695 R. Sibbald Autobiogr. (1834) 127 I..came into the world hooded (as they call it) with the after birth upon my head.

1752 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. iii. ii. 240 The operator will be blamed for leaving the after-birth behind.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 236 Mrs Coleridge..delivered herself—the Nurse just came in time to take away the after-birth.

1881 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Suppl. Clanse, the afterbirth of a cow.

1955 G. Sircom tr. H. Hediger Stud. Psychol. & Behav. Captive Animals vii. 92 It has been confirmed in Burma that the mother [elephant] does not take any notice of the calf until the after-birth has been expelled.

1971 K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic vii. 188 The infant's expectation of life could be divined from a scrutiny of the after-birth.

2005 New Yorker 14 Feb. 242/3 It is hard to imagine another writer describing the burning of her own afterbirth.

b. figurative. Something that is produced or issued along with or after another.

ΚΠ

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. iii. 52 All New-birth Heart-deep Groans, All After-births of Penitential Mones, Are swallow'd up in living Streams of Bliss.

1778 Fidefract p. iv You were delivered of that Changeling, viz. the academic Sportsman; with as strange an After-birth, the Dedication.

1828 C. Hoyle Three Days at Killarney 150 If I take The forfeiture, shall no blood-vestured plague, No afterbirth of ill the deed avenge?

1879 J. McCarthy Hist. Own Times I. 424 The famine had indeed many a bloody afterbirth; but it gave to the world a new Ireland.

1910 Forum May 463 The Socialistic element..stands alone the amorphous afterbirth of a blind discontent.

1953 G. Boyle Father Tompkins of Nova Scotia ii. x. 119 Poverty and its after-birth of ignorance, stupidity, and disease were things one escaped from as fast as possible.

1999 J. V. Jones Cavern of Black Ice (2005) xli. 575 Black smoke pumped from a doorway, twisting around itself to form a tunneling afterbirth of soot.

2. A person who is born after another; one who is born later; (with plural agreement) a group of such people considered collectively. Also figurative: a later version of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > later birth

afterbirth1574

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

afterbirth1871

1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians xx. f. 151^v What is to be sayde to vs, whiche are but after-birthes borne out of time in comparison of them?

1611 G. Downame Def. Serm. Consecr. Bishop of Bath i. ii. 28 He setteth vpon the Sermon it selfe. Which in the abortiue booke, was dismembred into sixe parts... In this after-birth, into 3.

a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) 371 The sinne of Adam and Eve, and their motives to it, are the lively image of all the after-birthes of sinne, and the baites of sinne for ever.

1657 G. G. D'Ouvilly False Favourit Disgrac'd iv. 78 Beg That thy impoverish'd stocke may be supply'd Agen..with plenty; lest after-births, Produce deformity.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. on Shakespeare (1849) II. x. 93 Italy, in the time of Dante was an after-birth of eldest Greece, a..reflex of the old Italy.

1871 A. C. Swinburne Litany of Nations 2 We thy latter sons, the men thine after-birth..O Earth.

2005 W. E. Wright tr. J. G. Fichte Sci. of Knowing ii. 32 The science of knowing..cannot be directly compared to any earlier philosophies or recent afterbirths.

3. Originally Roman Law. The fact of being born after a father's death or last will. Cf. after-born adj. 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > posthumous birth

afterbirth1871

1871 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis i. 98 The institution or disinherison of a postumus born after the death of a testator..availed to save the will from rupture by afterbirth (agnatio) of an immediate successor.

1890 J. H. Merrill Amer. & Eng. Encycl. Law XIII. 138/2 The afterbirth of a child unprovided for does not revoke the will.

1915 N.Y. Suppl. 151 465 It has been held by our highest court that the after-birth of an infant is not operative as a revocation of the parent's will.

1932 Session Cases 672 Opinions of judges..which favour the view that the settlement was rendered void by the after-birth of the child.

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

单词	afterbirth
释义	afterbirthn. Brit. /ˈɑːftəbəːθ/, /ˈaftəbəːθ/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌbərθ/ Forms: see after- prefix and birth n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, birth n.¹ Etymology: < after- prefix + birth n.¹ In sense 1a perhaps after a form in another Germanic language: compare Middle Low German achterbōrt , early modern German afterbürde , afterburt , aftergeburt (16th cent.), German Nachgeburt , †Nachburt (16th cent.), Old Icelandic eptirburðr , Swedish efterbörd (16th cent.), early modern Danish, Danish efterbyrd ; compare also earlier afterburden n.In sense 3 originally after classical Latin agnātiō (see agnation n.). 1. a. The placenta and remains of the fetal membranes, which are normally expelled from the uterus after the delivery of the fetus; = secundine n. 1. Cf. earlier afterburden n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > placenta secundine1398 afterburden?a1450 second birtha1513 afterbirth1527 second1562 glean1601 bed1611 placenta1638 sooterkina1658 womb-cake1657 womb-liver1657 womb-pancake1663 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon xlv. sig. c.iv^v/2 Thre ounces dronke of the same is good for women whiche be myscaryed of the mydwyfe in the byrthe of her chylde & the after byrth that is the secundina is ynough departed frome her as it therto belongeth. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxviii. 518 Now the woord Silo (sayeth Kimhi) signifieth the Sonne of him, and is deryued of a woorde which signifieth a womans Afterbirth as they terme it. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 81 When these vessels come vnto the secundine or after-birth they disperse through it notable braunches. 1695 R. Sibbald Autobiogr. (1834) 127 I..came into the world hooded (as they call it) with the after birth upon my head. 1752 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. iii. ii. 240 The operator will be blamed for leaving the after-birth behind. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 236 Mrs Coleridge..delivered herself—the Nurse just came in time to take away the after-birth. 1881 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Suppl. Clanse, the afterbirth of a cow. 1955 G. Sircom tr. H. Hediger Stud. Psychol. & Behav. Captive Animals vii. 92 It has been confirmed in Burma that the mother [elephant] does not take any notice of the calf until the after-birth has been expelled. 1971 K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic vii. 188 The infant's expectation of life could be divined from a scrutiny of the after-birth. 2005 New Yorker 14 Feb. 242/3 It is hard to imagine another writer describing the burning of her own afterbirth. b. figurative. Something that is produced or issued along with or after another. ΚΠ 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. iii. 52 All New-birth Heart-deep Groans, All After-births of Penitential Mones, Are swallow'd up in living Streams of Bliss. 1778 Fidefract p. iv You were delivered of that Changeling, viz. the academic Sportsman; with as strange an After-birth, the Dedication. 1828 C. Hoyle Three Days at Killarney 150 If I take The forfeiture, shall no blood-vestured plague, No afterbirth of ill the deed avenge? 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. Own Times I. 424 The famine had indeed many a bloody afterbirth; but it gave to the world a new Ireland. 1910 Forum May 463 The Socialistic element..stands alone the amorphous afterbirth of a blind discontent. 1953 G. Boyle Father Tompkins of Nova Scotia ii. x. 119 Poverty and its after-birth of ignorance, stupidity, and disease were things one escaped from as fast as possible. 1999 J. V. Jones Cavern of Black Ice (2005) xli. 575 Black smoke pumped from a doorway, twisting around itself to form a tunneling afterbirth of soot. 2. A person who is born after another; one who is born later; (with plural agreement) a group of such people considered collectively. Also figurative: a later version of something. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > later birth afterbirth1574 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > youngest child > collectively afterbirth1871 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians xx. f. 151^v What is to be sayde to vs, whiche are but after-birthes borne out of time in comparison of them? 1611 G. Downame Def. Serm. Consecr. Bishop of Bath i. ii. 28 He setteth vpon the Sermon it selfe. Which in the abortiue booke, was dismembred into sixe parts... In this after-birth, into 3. a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) 371 The sinne of Adam and Eve, and their motives to it, are the lively image of all the after-birthes of sinne, and the baites of sinne for ever. 1657 G. G. D'Ouvilly False Favourit Disgrac'd iv. 78 Beg That thy impoverish'd stocke may be supply'd Agen..with plenty; lest after-births, Produce deformity. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. on Shakespeare (1849) II. x. 93 Italy, in the time of Dante was an after-birth of eldest Greece, a..reflex of the old Italy. 1871 A. C. Swinburne Litany of Nations 2 We thy latter sons, the men thine after-birth..O Earth. 2005 W. E. Wright tr. J. G. Fichte Sci. of Knowing ii. 32 The science of knowing..cannot be directly compared to any earlier philosophies or recent afterbirths. 3. Originally Roman Law. The fact of being born after a father's death or last will. Cf. after-born adj. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > posthumous birth afterbirth1871 1871 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis i. 98 The institution or disinherison of a postumus born after the death of a testator..availed to save the will from rupture by afterbirth (agnatio) of an immediate successor. 1890 J. H. Merrill Amer. & Eng. Encycl. Law XIII. 138/2 The afterbirth of a child unprovided for does not revoke the will. 1915 N.Y. Suppl. 151 465 It has been held by our highest court that the after-birth of an infant is not operative as a revocation of the parent's will. 1932 Session Cases 672 Opinions of judges..which favour the view that the settlement was rendered void by the after-birth of the child. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1527
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