(rare) One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.
(rare) One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.
Lange terms him "an afterling of the speculative Romanticism," and it seems clear that he is connected with the Hegelian Right and even with Schelling.
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(Scotland, rare) Coming after; later; subsequent; of later date; late in order of time or succession.
Afterling is an archaic English word for a younger sibling or descendant. Very rare in modern usage. Not concerning, just uncommon vocabulary. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
Afterling is an archaic English noun meaning a younger sibling, descendant, or follower. Use only in historical or poetic contexts; very rare in modern English. Formal equivalents: "descendant," "younger sibling." Common non-native mistake: assuming it is current. The word is almost exclusively encountered in older texts. Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.
“Whenever an afterling is slain in Sagi's presence, he sees visions of another world, in which a sorcerer named Wiseman pursues "pro-magnation" to turn every being in the world into Magnus.”
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