Postfatory

//ˈpəʊstfət(ə)ɹi// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Serving as an epilogue or appendix; conclusory, closing. formal, not-comparable, rare

    "These prefatory and postfatory pages bristle with insights, but they unfortunately tend to be noisy and vituperative. At moments they also sound hasty and a bit "simplistes"."

Example

More examples

"These prefatory and postfatory pages bristle with insights, but they unfortunately tend to be noisy and vituperative. At moments they also sound hasty and a bit "simplistes"."

Etymology

From prefatory, with substitution of the prefix with post- to alter the sense.

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