afterpiece
afterpiece noun: an additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play.
Noun
afterpiece (plural afterpieces)
- An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play.
- To preface much concerning these little after-pieces of Poetry, I hold needlesse, having spoke my mind so fully before.1642, Henry More, Psychodia Platonica, Cambridge: Roger Daniel, Preface
- The idea of farces, or after-pieces, tho’ an inferior branch of the Drama, is, in fact, among the refinements of an improved age.1787, George Colman, “Notes on the Epistle to the Pisos”, in Prose on Several Occasions, volume 3, London: T. Cadel, page 96
- The heel of a rudder.
afterpiece meaning in Tamil
afterpiece in Tamil
- நாடக முடிவில் காட்டப்படும் துணைக்காட்சி
Forms of afterpiece
| plural | afterpieces |
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Origin of afterpiece
From after- + piece.
Questions about afterpiece
- What does afterpiece mean?
- Afterpiece means an additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play.
- What is afterpiece in Tamil?
- Afterpiece in Tamil is நாடக முடிவில் காட்டப்படும் துணைக்காட்சி. See Afterpiece meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is afterpiece?
- Afterpiece is a noun.
- What is the plural of afterpiece?
- The plural of afterpiece is afterpieces.
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