afterlingEtymologyFrom Middle English afterling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling (“afterling”, adjective). By surface analysis, after + -ling.afterling means Coming after; later; subsequent; of later date; late in order of time or succession. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.adjComing after; later; subsequent; of later date; late in order of time or succession.“"That Heresie, whose afterling entry falling out in the dreg of all tymes doth render it suspect."”nounOne who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.“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.”