epilogue

epilogue
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • épilogue — [ epilɔg ] n. m. • XIIe; lat. epilogus, gr. epilogos « péroraison d un discours » 1 ♦ Résumé à la fin d un discours, d un poème (opposé à prologue).⇒ conclusion, péroraison. Épilogue d un récit, d un roman, d une pièce de théâtre : chapitre,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Epilogue — Épilogue La fable des Deux Pigeons de La Fontaine. L épilogue, du grec επι (epi) : à la fin et λογος (logos) : discours, est, au théâtre classique, un discours récapitulatif à la fin d’une pièce. Ce terme désigne en général une partie… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • epilogue — EPILOGUE. s. m. La derniere partie d un discours oratoire. L epilogue doit estre court. l epilogue doit resumer les principaux raisonnements d un discours …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • epilogue — or epilog [ep′ə lôg΄] n. [ME epiloge < OFr epilogue < L epilogus < Gr epilogos, conclusion, epilogue < epilegein, to say in addition, add < epi , upon + legein, to say, speak: see LOGIC] 1. a closing section added to a novel, play …   English World dictionary

  • 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • epilogue — (n.) early 15c., from M.Fr. epilogue (13c.), from L. epilogus, from Gk. epilogos conclusion of a speech, from epi upon, in addition (see EPI (Cf. epi )) + logos a speaking (see LECTURE (Cf. lecture) (n.)). Earliest English sense was theatrical …   Etymology dictionary

  • epilogue — index codicil, denouement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • épilogué — épilogué, ée (é pi lo ghé, ghée) part. passé. Qui a été l objet de commentaires peu charitables. Sa conduite épiloguée en cent façons …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • epilogue — [n] afterword coda, concluding speech, conclusion, ending, finale, follow up, peroration, postlude, postscript, sequel, summation, swan song*; concepts 264,270,278 Ant. foreword, introduction, preface …   New thesaurus

  • epilogue — Epilogue, Epilogus. Cic …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • epilogue — (US also epilog) ► NOUN ▪ a section or speech at the end of a book or play serving as a comment on or conclusion to what has happened. ORIGIN Greek epilogos, from logos speech …   English terms dictionary

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