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afterglowy en · ADJ

Etymology

From afterglow + -y.

Meanings

1. Exhibiting afterglow; resembling or pertaining to (chiefly metaphorical) afterglow.
   • The line was: “Now I know what I’ve been faking all these years,” purred by an afterglowy Goldie Hawn to a dreamboaty Armand Assante in “Private Benjamin” (1980). 2015 September 18, Carrie Rickey, The New York Times:
   • Hell, it was only eight hours since he'd been kissing her goodnight, all afterglowy and affectionate. 2005, Judy Astley, All Inclusive, page 232:

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