Epilogue Definition
epəlôg
noun
A closing section added to a novel, play, etc., providing further comment, interpretation, or information.
Webster's New World
A short speech or poem spoken to the audience by one of the actors at the end of a play.
Webster's New World
The performer who delivers such a short poem or speech.
American Heritage
A short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work, often dealing with the future of its characters.
American Heritage
The actor or actors who speak this.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Epilogue
Noun
Singular:
epilogue
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epiloguesOrigin of Epilogue
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From French épilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epilogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγειν (epilegein, “say in addition”), from ἐπί (epi, “in addition”) + λέγειν (legein, “to say”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English epiloge from Old French epilogue from Latin epilogus from Greek epilogos conclusion of a speech epi- epi- logos word, speech leg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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