"aftertale" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “postscript”",
      "word": "foretale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "aftertale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English aftertale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "after",
        "3": "tale"
      },
      "expansion": "after- + tale",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "achtertale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch achtertale",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English aftertale, equivalent to after- + tale. Cognate with Middle Dutch achtertale, achtertaele.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aftertales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "aftertale (plural aftertales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "afterword"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake:",
          "text": "Our cad's bit of strife (knee Bareniece Maxwelton) with a quick ear for spittoons (as the aftertale hath it) […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Evil talk; slander; defamation."
      ],
      "id": "en-aftertale-en-noun--xLvf4Ry",
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "slander",
          "slander"
        ],
        [
          "defamation",
          "defamation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "3 67 30",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 45 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with after-",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 65 30",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 67 29",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A postscript added to the end of a story."
      ],
      "id": "en-aftertale-en-noun-dl8fc2NM",
      "links": [
        [
          "postscript",
          "postscript"
        ],
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A postscript added where a story should end."
      ],
      "id": "en-aftertale-en-noun-Sn3G5kSH"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aftertale"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “postscript”",
      "word": "foretale"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with after-",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "aftertale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English aftertale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "after",
        "3": "tale"
      },
      "expansion": "after- + tale",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "achtertale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch achtertale",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English aftertale, equivalent to after- + tale. Cognate with Middle Dutch achtertale, achtertaele.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aftertales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "aftertale (plural aftertales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "afterword"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake:",
          "text": "Our cad's bit of strife (knee Bareniece Maxwelton) with a quick ear for spittoons (as the aftertale hath it) […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Evil talk; slander; defamation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "slander",
          "slander"
        ],
        [
          "defamation",
          "defamation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A postscript added to the end of a story."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "postscript",
          "postscript"
        ],
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A postscript added where a story should end."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aftertale"
}