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post·script (pōst′skript′)

noun

a note, paragraph, etc. added below the signature in a letter or at the end of a book, speech, etc. as an afterthought or to give supplementary information

Etymology: ModL postscriptum < L, neut. pp. of postscribere < post-, after (see post-) + scribere, to write: see scribe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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