See Also: postscript(medicine)
postscript(dictionary)
postscript(dictionary)

postscript (iou)



postscript noun & verb. M16.
[from POSTSCRIPTUM.]
A. noun.
A paragraph or remark at the end of a letter after the signature, containing an afterthought or additional matter. M16.
S. Weintraub The Duke's equerry, the letter added in a postscript, would be sent..to handle all details.
An additional passage at the end of any text. M17.
C. Wilson He wrote a postscript to his article..admitting that his earlier views were inadequate.
A thing appended; an additional or conclusory action; an afterthought, a sequel. L19.
G. W. Thornbury Brentford always a mere ecclesiastical postscript to Hanwell or Ealing. Listener Would he have expanded.., or remained as much a postscript from the nineties as Max?
(PostScript.) Computing. (Proprietary name for) a language used as a standard for describing pages of text. Freq. attrib. L20.
b. verb trans. Put a postscript to. Also, provide as a postscript. rare. M19.
post'scriptal adjective of the nature of or relating to a postscript L19.