"afterling" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more afterling [comparative], most afterling [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English afterling, equivalent to after + -ling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling (“afterling”, adj). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|afterling}} Middle English afterling, {{suffix|en|after|ling}} after + -ling, {{cog|sco|afterling}} Scots afterling, {{m|sco|efterling||afterling|pos=adj}} efterling (“afterling”, adj) Head templates: {{en-adj}} afterling (comparative more afterling, superlative most afterling)
  1. (Scotland, rare) Coming after; later; subsequent; of later date; late in order of time or succession. Tags: Scotland, rare
    Sense id: en-afterling-en-adj-x3wr3GAC Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 55 45

Noun

Forms: afterlings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English afterling, equivalent to after + -ling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling (“afterling”, adj). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|afterling}} Middle English afterling, {{suffix|en|after|ling}} after + -ling, {{cog|sco|afterling}} Scots afterling, {{m|sco|efterling||afterling|pos=adj}} efterling (“afterling”, adj) Head templates: {{en-noun}} afterling (plural afterlings)
  1. (rare) One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late. Tags: rare Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-afterling-en-noun-uglv0NZ8 Disambiguation of People: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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