afterword
[
af
-ter-wurd,
ahf
-]
/ˈæf tərˌwɜrd, ˈɑf-/
noun
1.
a concluding section, commentary, etc., as of a book, treatise, or the like; closing statement.
Compare
foreword
.
Origin
1885-90;
after
+
word
Can be confused
afterward
,
afterword
.
Examples from the web for
afterword
Consider this little
afterword
the start of another conversation for another day.
Retribution is called for, and its
afterword
, tragedy.
They always had as a preface or
afterword
the text of an obscenity decision in which the book was exonerated and art extolled.
British Dictionary definitions for
afterword
afterword
/
ˈɑːftəˌwɜːd
/
noun
1.
an epilogue or postscript in a book, etc
Word Origin and History for
afterword
n.
1890, a Saxonist subsitute for
epilogue
; from
after
+
word
(n.).