postfight

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adjective

Occurring after or as a consequence of a fight

OriginEnglish fight ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectivepostfight (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring after or as a consequence of a fight

    […] Johnnie Morton[…] had a higher-than-normal ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone in a prefight test, then declined to take a required postfight test.

    2007 July 3, Michael Weinreb, “Drug Testing Hasn’t Grown With a Sport”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishfight
  8. Englishpostfight

From post- + fight.

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Cite this entry
APA

postfight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postfight

MLA

“postfight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postfight. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postfight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postfight.

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