postscriptum
UK/ˌpəʊstˈskɹɪptəm/
postscriptum noun: a thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing.
Noun
postscriptum (plural postscripta or postscriptums)
- A thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing.
- 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.1820, Humphry Martial [pseudonym], “Sir Jehu Face to Sir Cordovan Bristlemood”, in The Radical Letter-Bag, London: […] W. Wright, […], page 8
- Postscriptum. — Scotland for ever! The Dane’s beneath the table, and Rab’s on the tap o’t, blawing like the deevil.1827, M. Corbett, The odd volume, containing a letter purporting to be from King James VI of Scotland to Sandie Fotheringhame, Laird o'Powrie, signed: James, R.
postscriptum meaning in Tagalog and Malay
postscriptum in Tagalog
- something written afterward
- habol
postscriptum in Malay
- something written afterward
- catatan tambahan, pascatulisan, poskrip
Examples of postscriptum in a sentence
- This confidence so daintily tossed to the baron, in the fashion of a postscriptum, was evidently the compensation for five thousand francs.1900, Honoré de Balzac, Anatole Cerfberr, La Comédie Humaine: Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English:
- 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.1902, The Critic, volume 41, page 369:
- Postscriptum for taxpayers: After having started with the high-temperature thriller we turned to applications of conventional superconductors.2004, L. G. Aslamazov, A. A. Varlamov, The Wonders Of Physics:
Forms of postscriptum
| plural | postscripta |
|---|---|
| plural | postscriptums |
| alternative form | post scriptum |
| alternative form | postscript |
| alternative form | PS |
| alternative form | P.S. |
| alternative form | p.s. |
| alternative form | ps. |
Origin of postscriptum
Learned borrowing from Latin postscriptum, from From post (“after, behind”) + scrīptum (“text, something written”).
Questions about postscriptum
- What does postscriptum mean?
- Postscriptum means a thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing.
- What is postscriptum in Tagalog?
- Postscriptum in Tagalog is habol. See Postscriptum meaning in Tagalog.
- How do you use postscriptum in a sentence?
- This confidence so daintily tossed to the baron, in the fashion of a postscriptum, was evidently the compensation for five thousand francs.
- What part of speech is postscriptum?
- Postscriptum is a noun.
- How do you pronounce postscriptum?
- Postscriptum is pronounced /ˌpəʊstˈskɹɪptəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of postscriptum?
- The plural of postscriptum is postscripta.
Words near postscriptum in the dictionary
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