Aftonian
adjective
Af·to·ni·an
(ˈ)af-¦tō-nē-ən
: belonging to the first interglacial interval during the glacial epoch in North America
Word History
Etymology
Afton, town in Iowa + English -ian
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
- beauty contest
- beauty culture
- beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- groundline
- groundling
- groundlings
- groundman
- groundmass
- groundmasses
- groundmen
- groundneedle
- groundnut
- groundnut oil
- groundnuts
- groundout
- groundouts
- groundplans
- groundplot
- groundplots
- groundproxes
- groundrow
- grounds
- grounds for complaint
- groundsel
- groundsel bush