Etymology

postlapsarian

P3O1S1T1L1A1P3S1A1R1I1A1N1

Today it means: Pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

From post- (“after”) + lapsus (“of the fall”) + -arian (“of or pertaining to”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.