单词 | afterword |
释义 | afterwordn. Originally: a later word; a word (or passage) printed or spoken after another. Now usually: a passage added at the end of a book or other work, containing concluding remarks or similar additional matter. Cf. foreword n., postscript n.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > postface or conclusion envoyc1398 extraduction1533 epilogue1564 heel1608 explicit1660 post-face1742 afterword1890 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > addition or appendix supplement1523 appendix1549 referendary1581 supply1584 postscript1596 corollary1603 annexary1605 annexe1625 appendage1651 streamer1696 tack1705 taga1734 rider1813 pendant1837 overmatter1887 afterword1890 1643 W. Bridge Truth of Times Vindicated i. 6 The former word שים, which we translate, set or place, by an afterward [sic] in the 15. verse, נתן which signifies to give. 1660 H. Adis Fannaticks Mite sig. B4 (heading) An After-Word to the Reader. 1666 B. Keach Zion in Distress 49 (heading) A Postscript: Or, an After-Word to England. 1713 Cato Examin'd 19 His after-Words to his Sons and Friends shew plainly, that he was not so much a Stoic as to be void of Passion. 1813 G. Colman Vagaries Vindicated 54 Let me subjoin (as my superiors do) To my harangue an after-word or two. 1844 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer New Sketches Every-day Life 134/2 (heading) An after-word. 1890 Caxton's Eneydos (E.E.T.S.) p. xx Afterwords by F. J. Furnivall. 1911 J. Gwynn (title) The present position of Protestantism in Ireland and an afterword. 1939 Mind 48 433 The after-word that he thought it essential to print. 1982 Notes & Queries Aug. 365/2 The word ‘poets’ has, in the light of Mary Shelley's after-words, to carry a more general application. 2009 Church Times 6 Feb. 3/1 The Archbishop of Canterbury says in an afterword to A Good Childhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1643 |
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