envoi
vɔɪ, ˈɑn- noun
a short stanza concluding a poem in certain archaic metrical forms, as a ballade, and serving as a dedication, or a similar postscript to a prose composition.
Also, en·voi.
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envoy1 (ˈɛnvɔɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Formal name: envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary a diplomat of the second class, ranking between an ambassador and a minister resident |
| 2. | an accredited messenger, agent, or representative |
| [C17: from French envoyé, literally: sent, from envoyer to send, from Vulgar Latin inviāre (unattested) to send on a journey, from | |
| 'envoyship1 | |
| —n | |
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| envoy or envoi2 (ˈɛnvɔɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a brief dedicatory or explanatory stanza concluding certain forms of poetry, notably ballades |
| 2. | a postscript in other forms of verse or prose |
| [C14: from Old French envoye, from envoyer to send; see | |
| envoi or envoi2 | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Old French envoye, from envoyer to send; see | |
| envoy or envoi2 (ˈɛnvɔɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a brief dedicatory or explanatory stanza concluding certain forms of poetry, notably ballades |
| 2. | a postscript in other forms of verse or prose |
| [C14: from Old French envoye, from envoyer to send; see | |
| envoi or envoi2 | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Old French envoye, from envoyer to send; see | |
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Word Origin & History
envoy
c.1660, from Fr. envoyé "messenger," lit. "one sent," n. use of pp. of envoyer "send," from V.L. *inviare "send on one's way," from L. in "on" + via "road." The same word was borrowed in M.E. to mean "a stanza of a poem sending it off to find readers" (late 14c.).
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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envoi
the usually explanatory or commendatory concluding remarks to a poem, essay, or book. The term is specifically used to mean a short, fixed final stanza of a poem (such as a ballade) pointing the moral and usually addressing the person to whom the poem is written. Although they are most often associated with the ballade and chant royal-i.e., French poetic forms-envois have also been used by several English poets, including Geoffrey Chaucer, Robert Southey, and Algernon Charles Swinburne. The word is from the Middle French envoy, literally, "the act of sending or dispatching."
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