postscript

¹

[ pohst-skript, pohs- ]

noun

1. a paragraph, phrase, etc., added to a letter that has already been concluded and signed by the writer.
2. any addition or supplement, as one appended by a writer to a book to supply further information.

PostScript

²

[ pohst-skript, pohs‑ ]

Trademark.

1. a page description language using scalable fonts that can be printed on a variety of appropriately equipped devices, including laser printers and professional-quality imagesetters.

postscript

/ ˈpəʊsˌskrɪpt; ˈpəʊst- /

noun

1. a message added at the end of a letter, after the signature
2. any supplement, as to a document or book

Other Words From

• sub·postscript noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of postscript¹

1515–25; < Latin postscrīptum, neuter past participle of postscrībere to write after

Word History and Origins

Origin of postscript¹

C16: from Late Latin postscribere to write after, from post- + scribere to write

Example Sentences

Postscript Of all the interviews I did Lee Marvin was by far the biggest surprise.

From The Daily Beast

[XVIII, 2941, pp. 164–5; typewritten with handwritten postscript] Koestler replied on March 23.

From The Daily Beast

For many veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, the return home is not a postscript to the war so much as another chapter.

From The Daily Beast

Postscript: The most public member of the Bling Ring, Neiers, now 21, documents her life on her blog and her Twitter account.

From The Daily Beast

Postscript: According to his Instagram and Facebook feed, Ajar is still living large.

From The Daily Beast

With this letter is another by the same writer, dated July 30, 1622—a postscript to a duplicate of the preceding letter.

From Project Gutenberg

We accept with thanks the polite offer made by our Correspondent in his postscript.

From Project Gutenberg

Youre just as bad 53 as Postscript was in Gee Gees class one day this week.

From Project Gutenberg

No Russian, whose dissonant, consonant name Almost rattles to fragments the trumpet of fame?Postscript.

From Project Gutenberg

In the postscript of this letter Chopin's light fancy gets the better of his heavy heart; in it all is fun and gaiety.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• appendix
• footnote