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aftermath
noun
(
obsolete
), or farmers' jargon: A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
Hence; that which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
In contrast to most projections of the of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.
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Etymology:
From
after
+
math
< ; akin to
m¯wan
"to mow", German
mahd
"mowing". See
mow
.
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