epilogue
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epilogue
- /ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/ UK
- /ˈɛpɪlɔɡ/ US
- /ˈɛpɪlɑɡ/ cot caught merger
Where it comes from
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.
noun epilogues · epilog
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play In the play’s epilogue, the actor addressed the audience directly.
- The performer who gives this speech
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword The novel ended with a short epilogue.
- A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
verb epilogues · epiloguing · epilogued · epilog
- To conclude with an epilogue.
