Definition of Afterthoughts

1. Noun. (plural of afterthought) ¹

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Definition of Afterthoughts

1. afterthought [n] - See also: afterthought

Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterthoughts

aftershaves
aftershock
aftershocks
aftershow
afterslip
afterslips
aftersound
aftersun
aftertale
aftertales
aftertaste
aftertastes
aftertax
afterthink
afterthought
afterthoughts
aftertime
aftertimes
aftertouch
aftertouches
afterwar
afterward
afterwardness
afterwards
afterwardsness
afterwise
afterwit
afterwitted
afterword
afterwords

Literary usage of Afterthoughts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alexandrian and Carthaginian Theology Contrasted by John Bickford Heard (1893)
"The first test of afterthoughts lies in this. What the creeds contain may be said to be de fide; what the creeds omit or pass by may be treated as ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"so obvious, we are unwilling to retain the cause for further argument, and may avail ourselves of the rule ordinarily applicable to the afterthoughts of ..."

3. War and Lombard Street by Hartley Withers (1915)
"CHAPTER V Afterthoughts WITH the end of the moratorium on November 4, it may be said that the crisis produced by the outbreak of war was over. ..."

4. An Introduction to Continuity, Extrema, and Related Topics for General by Robert J. Adler (1990)
"Afterthoughts 1. Two topics that were left out. THE £2 SPACE OF A GAUSSIAN PROCESS: Looking back over what I have written, it seems to me that these notes ..."

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