Meaning

2 senses
  1. Something that lingers after it is bitten, especially a smatch or flavour; aftertaste.

  2. (broadly, figuratively)That which returns with a memory, usually one that is bitter or painful

Origin

From after- + bite.

From after- + bite.

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Forms

plural: afterbites
Singularafterbite
Pluralafterbites

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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