epilogue
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əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg noun
1.
a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel.
2.
a speech, usually in verse, delivered by one of the actors after the conclusion of a play.
3.
the person speaking this.
Also, ep·i·log.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English epiloge < Latin epilogus < Greek epílogos peroration of a speech, equivalent to epi- epi- + lógos word
1375–1425; late Middle English epiloge < Latin epilogus < Greek epílogos peroration of a speech, equivalent to epi- epi- + lógos word
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. a speech, usually in verse, addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play |
| b. the actor speaking this | |
| 2. | a short postscript to any literary work, such as a brief description of the fates of the characters in a novel |
| 3. | (Brit) (esp formerly) the concluding programme of the day on a radio or television station, often having a religious content |
| [C15: from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, from logos word, speech] | |
| epilogist | |
| —n | |
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Epilogue
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
epilogue
1564, from M.Fr. epilogue, from L. epilogus, from Gk. epilogos "conclusion of a speech," from epi- "upon, in addition" + logos "a speaking." Earliest Eng. sense was theatrical.
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Example sentences
Those who contunue through the sluggish beginning will be rewarded with a climactic conclusion and tidy epilogue.
The story is sandwiched between an autobiographical introduction and epilogue.
The few remaining songs in the performance feel like an epilogue.
The short epilogue, however, is anti-climatic.
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