beforemath
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From before + math (“a mowing”), by analogy with aftermath.
Noun
[edit]beforemath (plural beforemaths)
- What precedes or produces a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring.
- 1984, David Langford, The Leaky Establishment, Cosmos Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 46:
- In the dismal beforemath of Tuesday morning's NPIWP meeting — the concentrated essence of dentists' waiting rooms, with a tinge of what condemned men might have felt before the drop — Tappen was brooding on deadlines.