afterlight
afterlight noun: light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
Noun
afterlight (uncountable)
- Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
- The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow afterlight.1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 2, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston: L.C. Page, page 30
- So may thy soul these many years abide / Housed in thy body, and the after-light / Of fame shine long behind thee,1949, Dorothy L. Sayers (translator), The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Cantica 1: Hell, Penguin, Canto 16, p. 170
- Synonyms:
- afterglow
afterlight meaning in Tamil
afterlight in Tamil
- பின்னொளி, பின்னறிவு, பின்விளக்கம்
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Origin of afterlight
From after- + light.
Questions about afterlight
- What does afterlight mean?
- Afterlight means light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
- What is afterlight in Tamil?
- Afterlight in Tamil is பின்னொளி, பின்னறிவு, பின்விளக்கம். See Afterlight meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is afterlight?
- Afterlight is a noun.
Words near afterlight in the dictionary
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