aftertale

noun

1. Evil talk; slander; defamation.

   Our cad's bit of strife (knee Bareniece Maxwelton) with a quick ear for spittoons (as the aftertale hath it) […]

2. A postscript added to the end of a story.

3. A postscript added where a story should end.

Where it comes from

From Middle English aftertale, equivalent to after- + tale. Cognate with Middle Dutch achtertale, achtertaele.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry aftertale (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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