afterdayn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːftədeɪ/,

/ˈaftədeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈæftərˌdeɪ/

Forms: see after- prefix and day n.

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

Etymology: < after- prefix + day n.

Now somewhat archaic.

A subsequent day; a later period; (in plural) later or future times; aftertimes; 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

1591 T. Lodge Catharos f. 19 So shall it fall out in after-dayes with couetous men and cursed tyrants.

1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon iv. sig. C3^v Be wise young heads, care for an afterday.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. xiii. 113 But something whispers in my dying eare, There is an After-day; which day I feare.

1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. iii. 1284 I will make a New Covenant with you in the after-dayes.

1700 S. Wesley Epist. Poetry 12 Like old Ennius, he design'd What After-days have polish'd and refin'd.

1759 Crit. Rev. Dec. 495 His uncommon talents promised an after-day of military greatness.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. 173 Happy those Who in the after-days shall live.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 11 In the after day Of Boyhood.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 271 That celebrated Lindsay, Earl of Crawford, who, in his afterdays, was known by the epithet of the Tiger Earl.

a1878 E. Caswall Tale of Tintern (1907) iv. v. 49 And He thine offering will repay Most fully in an after day!

1904 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 1st i. iii. 43 To retrospective eyes of afterdays.

1975 Hist. & Theory 14 12 It is heady work to distinguish better beginnings from afterdays.

1991 L. E. Goodman On Justice vi. 219 We are living in the after days of our ancient forebears.

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

单词	afterday
释义	afterdayn. Brit. /ˈɑːftədeɪ/, /ˈaftədeɪ/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌdeɪ/ Forms: see after- prefix and day n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, day n. Etymology: < after- prefix + day n. Now somewhat archaic. A subsequent day; a later period; (in plural) later or future times; aftertimes; 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 1591 T. Lodge Catharos f. 19 So shall it fall out in after-dayes with couetous men and cursed tyrants. 1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon iv. sig. C3^v Be wise young heads, care for an afterday. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. xiii. 113 But something whispers in my dying eare, There is an After-day; which day I feare. 1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. iii. 1284 I will make a New Covenant with you in the after-dayes. 1700 S. Wesley Epist. Poetry 12 Like old Ennius, he design'd What After-days have polish'd and refin'd. 1759 Crit. Rev. Dec. 495 His uncommon talents promised an after-day of military greatness. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. 173 Happy those Who in the after-days shall live. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 11 In the after day Of Boyhood. View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 271 That celebrated Lindsay, Earl of Crawford, who, in his afterdays, was known by the epithet of the Tiger Earl. a1878 E. Caswall Tale of Tintern (1907) iv. v. 49 And He thine offering will repay Most fully in an after day! 1904 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 1st i. iii. 43 To retrospective eyes of afterdays. 1975 Hist. & Theory 14 12 It is heady work to distinguish better beginnings from afterdays. 1991 L. E. Goodman On Justice vi. 219 We are living in the after days of our ancient forebears. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1591
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