Associations to the word «Afterthought»
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Wiktionary
AFTERTHOUGHT, noun. A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
AFTERTHOUGHT, noun. Something additional to the original plan or concept.
AFTERTHOUGHT, verb. (very rare except in the past tense) (possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
Dictionary definition
AFTERTHOUGHT, noun. Thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase".
AFTERTHOUGHT, noun. An addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.