Epilogue

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove
              the better by the help of good epilogues. --Shak.
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     2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the
        principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  epilogue
       n 1: a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the
            audience by an actor at the end of a play [syn: {epilog}]
       2: a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the
          epilogue told what eventually happened to the main
          characters" [syn: {epilog}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  132 Moby Thesaurus words for "epilogue":
     PS, Parthian shot, Z, 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,
     parting shot, payoff, period, peroration, postface, postfix,
     postlude, postscript, prefix, proclitic, prologue, 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