different between codicil vs postscript

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin c?dicillus, diminutive of c?dex. See code.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?d?s?l/, /?k??d?s?l/

Noun

codicil (plural codicils)

1. (law) An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
2. An addition or supplement modifying any official document, such as a treaty.
3. (by extension) Any appendix or addition.
   • 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, p. 378)

     If Nick answered a question Wani listened to him and then gave a flat little codicil or correction.

Translations

Anagrams

• clidoic

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch codicille, from Latin c?dicillus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?.di?sil/
• Hyphenation: co?di?cil
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

codicil n (plural codicillen or codicils, diminutive codicilletje n)

1. codicil

Derived terms

• donorcodicil

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French codicille, from Latin codicillus.

Noun

codicil n (plural codicile)

1. codicil

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• post script
• postscriptum (post scriptum)
• PS (P.S., p.s., etc.)

Etymology

From New Latin postscriptum, from Latin, neuter of postscriptus, past participle of postscr?b? (“write after”), from post (“after”) + scr?b? (“write”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?po?st.sk??pt/

Noun

postscript (plural postscripts)

1. (countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature.
2. (countable) An addition to a story, play, etc. after its completion.

Usage notes

To indicate the beginning of a postscript to a letter, one often uses the abbreviation PS (or P.S., p.s., etc) followed by a colon or comma.

Synonyms

• (addendum to a letter): afterscript, afterword

Translations

Verb

postscript (third-person singular simple present postscripts, present participle postscripting, simple past and past participle postscripted)

1. To extend (a letter or another document) with additional remarks.