ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Postscriptum

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌpəʊstˈskɹɪptəm/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Postscriptum is a noun meaning (rare) A thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing.

Meaning

(rare) A thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing.

Example Sentences

This confidence so daintily tossed to the baron, in the fashion of a postscriptum, was evidently the compensation for five thousand francs.
Postscriptum for taxpayers: After having started with the high-temperature thriller we turned to applications of conventional superconductors.
Meanwhile, I remain—Ever yours, / Jehu Face. / Postscriptums I hate; but I think you had better / Keep snug to yourself the contents of this letter.
Sometimes she adds short postscriptums, but, though full of her doings and sayings, this correspondence contains but little that is really from Rosa Bonheur’s own pen.

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Related dictionary entries include postscript, postpostscript, post-postscript, aftertale, postlude, afterthought.

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