antescriptn.

Brit.

/ˈantᵻskrɪpt/, U.S.

/ˈæn(t)əˌskrɪpt/,

/ˈæn(t)iˌskrɪpt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ante- prefix, postscript n.¹

Etymology: < ante- prefix + -script (in postscript n.¹).

1. A note written on the front or at the top of a letter or other composition; a prefatory note. Cf. postscript n.¹ 1. Now rare.In quot. 1897 in extended use.

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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > antescript

topscript1731

antescript1767

1767 W. Bennett Let. 31 Mar. in S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 69 My dear friend, Postscript, or rather Antescript.—Send me word when and how you shall come, as Powys and I intend to meet you.

1831 J. Jebb Let. 2 Apr. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) II. 593 He has added an antescript, which will indemnify you for the meagreness of this [letter].

1897 Daily News 31 Dec. 6/7 The Exhibition..is in a sense a sort of prologue or antescript to the collection..which will be shown at the Academy tomorrow.

1919 Ld. Shaw Let. 24 Dec. in Lett. to Isabel (1921) lxv. 304 You have given me back this letter a year after it was written, and asked me to bring it up to date. So the first three paragraphs have been put in—not as a postscript but as an antescript!

1983 J. C. Newman Pedro Salinas & his Circumstance v. 58 The ‘postscript’ is really a misnomer, since it becomes rather an ‘antescript’, returning to grace the letter's first page.

†2. The entire content of a letter before any postscript. Obsolete. rare.

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1844 E. B. Browning Lett. II. 164 There is a postscript scarcely proportionate to the antescript.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	antescript
释义	antescriptn. Brit. /ˈantᵻskrɪpt/, U.S. /ˈæn(t)əˌskrɪpt/, /ˈæn(t)iˌskrɪpt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ante- prefix, postscript n.¹ Etymology: < ante- prefix + -script (in postscript n.¹). 1. A note written on the front or at the top of a letter or other composition; a prefatory note. Cf. postscript n.¹ 1. Now rare.In quot. 1897 in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > antescript topscript1731 antescript1767 1767 W. Bennett Let. 31 Mar. in S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 69 My dear friend, Postscript, or rather Antescript.—Send me word when and how you shall come, as Powys and I intend to meet you. 1831 J. Jebb Let. 2 Apr. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) II. 593 He has added an antescript, which will indemnify you for the meagreness of this [letter]. 1897 Daily News 31 Dec. 6/7 The Exhibition..is in a sense a sort of prologue or antescript to the collection..which will be shown at the Academy tomorrow. 1919 Ld. Shaw Let. 24 Dec. in Lett. to Isabel (1921) lxv. 304 You have given me back this letter a year after it was written, and asked me to bring it up to date. So the first three paragraphs have been put in—not as a postscript but as an antescript! 1983 J. C. Newman Pedro Salinas & his Circumstance v. 58 The ‘postscript’ is really a misnomer, since it becomes rather an ‘antescript’, returning to grace the letter's first page. †2. The entire content of a letter before any postscript. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1844 E. B. Browning Lett. II. 164 There is a postscript scarcely proportionate to the antescript. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1767
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