Pŏs'tīque, n.

(-tĕk), n. [Fr. postiche, superadded, artificial, misplaced, Sp. postizo, apostizo, It. posticcio, apposticcio, Pr. apostize, from Lat. apponere, appositum, to place at, near, by the side of a thing.] An ornament of sculpture superadded after the original design has been completed.