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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.
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Origin of afterlight

First recorded in 1890–95; after + light1
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

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amendmentreviewalterationimprovementmodificationreconsiderationsunsetduskemendationretrospectcorrectionpolishreviseredactionrectificationhomeworkredraftrescriptretrospectionrevisal

Examples from the Web for afterlight

Historical Examples

  • 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