Link Centre Dictionary

epilogue

epi·lo·gue

UK/ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/ US/ˈɛpɪlɔɡ/ rare

noun

1.

a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

Synonyms
2.

a short passage added at the end of a literary work

  • “the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters”
Synonyms

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equivalent to epi- + -logue.

Related words

Broader terms

Parts

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.