About The Word Epilogue
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Epilogue
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What's The Definition Of Epilogue?
[n] a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"
[n] a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play Synonyms | Synonyms for Epilogue: epilog Related Terms | Find terms related to Epilogue: act | addendum | affix | afterpiece | afterthought | afterword | allonge | apodosis | appendix | back matter | bit | catastrophe | ceasing | cessation | chaser | chorus | coda | codicil | colophon | commentary | conclusion | consequence | consummation | continuance | continuation | crack of doom | culmination | curtain | curtain call | curtain raiser | curtains | death | decease | denouement | destination | destiny | divertimento | divertissement | doom | double take | dying words | effect | enclitic | end | end point | ending | envoi | eschatology | exode | exodus | expiration | expository scene | fate | final solution | final twitch | final words | finale | finality | finis | finish | follow-through | follow-up | goal | hoke act | infix | interlineation | interlude | intermezzo | intermission | interpolation | introduction | izzard | last | last breath | last gasp | last things | last trumpet | last words | latter end | marginalia | note | number | omega | Parthian shot | parting shot | payoff | period | peroration | postface | postfix | postlude | postscript | prefix | proclitic | prologue | PS | quietus | refrain | resolution | resting place | rider | routine | scene | scholia | second thought | sequel | sequela | sequelae | sequelant | sequent | sequitur | shtick | sketch | skit | song and dance | stand-up comedy act | stoppage | stopping place | striptease | subscript | suffix | supplement | swan song | tag | tail | term | terminal | termination | terminus | turn | windup | Z See Also | address | close | closing | conclusion | end | ending | piece of writing | speech | writing | written material Epilogue In Webster's Dictionary \Ep"i*logue\ (?; 115), n. [F. ['e]pilogue, L. epilogus,
fr. Gr. ? conclusion, fr. ? to say in addition; 'epi` upon,
besides + ? to say. See {Legend}.]
1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators
and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of
the play.
A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove
the better by the help of good epilogues. --Shak.
2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the
principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
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