post scriptum
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin post (“after, behind”) + scrīptum (“text; something written”).
Phrase [edit]
post scriptum (always in italics or abbreviated)
- (rare or stilted) Written afterwards; appended.
- 1839, George Gordon N. Byron, Life, letters and journals of lord Byron, with notes, [by T. Moore]
- Post Scriptum — Long as this letter has grown, I find it necessary to append a postscript ; if possible, a short one.
- 1904, Ohio state medical society, Transactions of the First-fifty-ninth Annual Meeting
- Post Scriptum — I regret that time does not permit me to re-write and correct and condense the whole of this communication.
- 2004, Susan Wise Bauer, The Story of the World
- Have you ever written “PS” at the end of a letter? If so, you've used Latin words. “PS” stands for the Latin words “post scriptum”, or “after the writing”.
- 1839, George Gordon N. Byron, Life, letters and journals of lord Byron, with notes, [by T. Moore]
Usage notes [edit]
Used to indicate a footnote at the end of a letter. Generally abbreviated as p.s., P.S. or PS.
Addenda following an initial post script are generally abbreviated p.p.s, P.P.S, or PPS - all indicating "post postscriptum."
Translations [edit]
after the writing
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French [edit]
Phrase [edit]
post scriptum
Latin [edit]
Phrase [edit]
- After text, literary afterthought (at the end of any text).
- After the written part
