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ep⋅i⋅logue

  [ep-uh-lawg, -log]
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–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 ME epiloge < L epilogus < Gk epílogos peroration of a speech, equiv. to epi- epi- + lógos word
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ep·i·logue also ep·i·log   (ěp'ə-lôg', -lŏg')   
n.  
    1. A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play.
    2. The performer who delivers such a short poem or speech.
  2. A short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work, often dealing with the future of its characters. Also called afterword.

[Middle English epiloge, from Old French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, conclusion of a speech : epi-, epi- + logos, word, speech; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Epilogue

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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Language Translation for : epilogue
Spanish: epílogo,
German: das Nachwort,
Japanese: 結び
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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