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postscriptum

noun /ˌpəʊstˈskɹɪptəm/

  1. A thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing.

    rare

    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.

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin postscriptum, from From post (“after, behind”) + scrīptum (“text, something written”).

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

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