afterling

noun

1. One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.

   rare

   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.

Where it comes from

From Middle English afterling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling (“afterling”, adjective). By surface analysis, after + -ling.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry afterling (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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