lattermath

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English

Etymology

latter (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (late)) + math (dialectal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English mæð "mowing", from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mēþą)

Noun

lattermath (plural lattermaths)

  1. (literally) The latter (i.e. second) mowing, a second crop of grass grown after the first was harvested
  2. (figuratively) The later result or consequences; further developments

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