afternoon
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Is afternoon a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.Examples: "Buck.[…]Theſe both put by a poore petitioner A care-crazd mother of a many children, A beauty-waining and diſtreſſed widow, Euen in the afternoone of her beſt daies Made priſe and purchaſe of his luſtfull eye, Seduc t the pitch and height of al his thoughts, To baſe declenſion and loathd bigamie, By her in his vnlawfull bed he got."figuratively
2. (informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.informal
adv (English)
1. (archaic in the singular) In the afternoon.Examples: "I stayd at home till noone, and recᵈ of Crowders for 3 loods of shilling 2l. 8s.; and afternoone I went with my wife to Wakefeild, where by yᵉ way I spent at Toppitt 8d., and wee lay at Jackson’s all night."; "Afterwards […] they adjourned the court till two in the afternoon, and so went to prayers. Afternoon they called over the names of the rest of the college, demys, chaplains, &c."; "Afternoon we came to Fuchen, or Xucheu, as others call it, where we were forced to stay to have the boat search’d by the Mandarine or customer."archaicnot-comparablesingular
Definition source: Wiktionary