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Aftermath

Aft′er-math

,
Noun.
[
After
+
math
. See
Math
.]
A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.
Holland.

Definition 2024

aftermath

aftermath

English

The aftermath of a storm and flood.

Noun

aftermath ‎(plural aftermaths)

  1. (obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
  2. That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
    In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.

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Etymology

From after- +‎ math ‎(“a mowing”), from Old English mæþ ‎(“a mowing”), from Proto-Germanic *madą, *maþō, *maþwō, *mēdō ‎(“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *(a)mē- ‎(“to mow”). Cognate with Dutch made, mad ‎(“area of ground cleared by a sickle”), German Mahd ‎(“mowing”). Related to Old English māwan ‎(“to mow”). See mow, meadow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/, IPA(key): /ˈɑːf.tɚˌmæθ/, IPA(key): /ˈɑːf.tɚˌmɑːθ/

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