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- noun Ill
talk ;slander ;defamation . - noun A
postscript added to the end of astory . - noun A postscript added where a story should end.
Etymologies
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From Middle English aftertale, equivalent to after- + tale. Cognate with Middle Dutch achtertale, achtertaele.
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missanthropist commented on the word aftertale
Post~script.
Herbert Coleridge, Dictionary of the Oldest Words in the English Language, 1863
July 12, 2008