epilogue

• epilog

From French épilogue, 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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪlɔɡ/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪlɑɡ/

epilogue (plural epilogues)

1. A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
2. The performer who gives this speech
3. A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
4. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.

• (short speech at the end of a play): endspeech
• (brief script at the end of a literary piece): afterword, endspeech; see also Thesaurus:afterword

• (antonym(s) of “short speech at the end of a play”): prologue
• (antonym(s) of “brief script at the end of a literary piece”): prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword

• epilogical

epilogue (third-person singular simple present epilogues, present participle epiloguing, simple past and past participle epilogued)

1. (transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.

• “epilogue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “epilogue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “epilogue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.