Aftercourse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aftercourse is a noun meaning The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course.
Meaning
The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course.
More Meanings
- (archaic) The final course of a meal.
- (obsolete) A subsequent course of study.
Example Sentences
Soldiers are sad after victory. I don’t know why. A melancholy seems to descend in the aftercourse of success.
[…] Menippus set aside the wafercakes with his hand, saying; that a sweet aftercourse makes a stinking breath:
And if she should, which Heaven forbid, O’rethrow me, as the Fidler did, What after-course have I to take, ’Gainst losing all I have at Stake?
[…] they beheld that young man in those auspicious days, setting out in the paths of glory, with an ardour that promised the happiest progress in his after course!
Word Forms
- aftercourses
Synonyms for aftercourse
Depending on context, synonyms include dessert.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include afterevent, sequel, aftercoming, sequent, aftercareer, sequal.
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