All 3 Uses of
postscript
in
The Idiot
- P.S.—The two hundred roubles I owe you shall certainly be repaid in time.†
Chpt 2.12P.S. = an abbreviation for "postscript" that is placed at the end of a letter (after the signature) to indicate that an additional note follows
- P.S.—I trust that you will not show this note to anyone.†
Chpt 3.3 *
- P.P.S.—It is the same green bench that I showed you before.†
Chpt 3.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(postscript) a note added to the end of a letter after the signature -- usually preceded with "PS:" or "P.S."
or:
any written or spoken addition added after the end of something -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) PS can also be used as an abbreviation for public school as in PS-101. Of course, p.s. can also be someone's initials or another abbreviation.