The decision to include a pool was an ____, not part of the original plan.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The decoration seemed like an ____ and didn't fit the theme.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros
Proto-Germanic *after
Old English æfter
Middle English after
English after
▲
Old English æfter
Old English æfter-
Middle English after-
English after-
Proto-Indo-European *teng-der.
Proto-Germanic *þankijaną
Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz
Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht
Old English þōht
Middle English thought
English thought
English afterthought
From after- + thought, probably modelled on forethought. Compare also the verb afterthink.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The lighting in the corridor just dabbles of arcs, afterthoughts, smears. The light a grime that gives him a slight headache. The same type as when it has rained, remained humid, a fetid stale of ozone over everything."
— 2007, Constantine Sult, chapter 1, in The Murder of Linen, [United States]: Brown Paper Publishing, page 1:
"For most of the past three decades, the natural world was treated almost as an afterthought by world leaders. If discussed at all, it was with platitudes about the need to save polar bears and tigers."
— 2019 August 30, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon fires show world heading for point of no return, says UN”, in The Guardian: