different between lattermath vs latter

English

Etymology

From latter (from Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”)) + math (dialectal, from Old English mæð (“mowing”), from the Proto-Germanic *m?þ?).

Noun

lattermath (plural lattermaths)

1. (literally) The latter (i.e. second) mowing, a second crop of grass grown after the first was harvested
2. (figuratively) The later result or consequences; further developments

Synonyms

• aftermath

Related terms

• latterday
• latterly

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?t'?(r), IPA^(key): /?læt.?(?)/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?læt?.??/, [?læ?.?]
• Homophone: ladder (in accents with flapping)
• Rhymes: -æt?(r)

Adjective

latter (not comparable)

1. Relating to or being the second of two items.
   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, "For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival.", National Geographic (March 2017)[1]

     On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (the latter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact.

   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior

2. Near (or nearer) to the end.
3. In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.
   • 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

     Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania [...]?

Antonyms

• aforesaid
• aforementioned
• former

Derived terms

• lattermost

Related terms

• latter-day
• latterly
• lattermath
• last, the superlative form of "latter"

Translations

Anagrams

• Tatler, rattle

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlátr, from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”), cognate with Norwegian lått, English laughter and German Gelächter. Derived from the verb *hlahjan? (“to laugh”), cf. Danish le, English laugh, German lachen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lad??]

Noun

latter c (singular definite latteren, not used in plural form)

1. laughter

Inflection

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

latter

1. (Jersey) to beat, spank, cane

Synonyms

• (to cane): codrer, donner la tchêne, vrédîndgi, vrier

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hlátr

Noun

latter m (definite singular latteren) (uncountable)

1. laughter
2. laugh

Synonyms

• lått (Nynorsk also)

Derived terms

References

• “latter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.