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afterlight

[af-ter-lahyt, ahf-]
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noun
  1. the light visible in the sky after sunset; afterglow.
  2. a view of past events; retrospect.

Origin of afterlight

First recorded in 1890–95; after + light1
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Related Words for afterlight

amendment, review, alteration, improvement, modification, reconsideration, sunset, dusk, emendation, retrospect, correction, polish, revise, redaction, rectification, homework, redraft, rescript, retrospection, revisal

Examples from the Web for afterlight

Historical Examples of afterlight

  • But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

    The Golden Road

    Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • Alppain had set, but the whole northern sky was plunged into the minor key by its afterlight.

  • My conduct, as well as yours, when we look at it calmly in an afterlight, was quite extraordinary.

    Castle Craneycrow

    George Barr McCutcheon