epilogue
noun/ˈepɪlɒɡ/
/ˈepɪlɔːɡ/
(US English also epilog)
- a speech, etc. at the end of a play, book, or film that comments on or acts as a conclusion to what has happened
- Fortinbras speaks the epilogue in Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French épilogue, via Latin from Greek epilogos, from epi ‘in addition’ + logos ‘speech’.Definitions on the go
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