Postscript

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Noun

Postscript (plural Postscripts)
  1. (countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author’s signature.
  2. (countable) An addition to a story, play, etc.

Notes

In a letter, to indicate the beginning of a postscript one often uses the abbreviation P.S. followed by a colon.

Adjectives for Postscript

lengthy; apologetic.

Thesaurus

PS, Parthian shot, addendum, affix, afterthought, allonge, appendix, back matter, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, commentary, conclusion, consequence, continuance, continuation, double take, dying words, enclitic, envoi, epilogue, follow-through, follow-up, infix, interlineation, interpolation, last words, marginalia, note, parting shot, peroration, postface, postfix, postlude, prefix, proclitic, refrain, rider, scholia, second thought, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequent, sequitur, subscript, suffix, supplement, swan song, tag, tail

Alternative forms

Etymology

post- + script

New Latin postscriptum, from Latin, neuter of postscriptus, past participle of postscribere to write after, from post- + scribere to write

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