epilogue
pronunciation
How to pronounce epilogue in British English:
UK [ˈepɪlɒg]
How to pronounce epilogue in American English:
US [ˈepɪlɔg]
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- Noun:
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
Word Origin
- epilogue (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French epilogue (13c.), from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos "a conclusion, conclusion of a speech, inference," from epi "upon, in addition" (see epi-) + logos "a speaking" (see lecture (n.)). Earliest English sense was theatrical.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Kubrick was wise to remove that epilogue .
- 2. I talk about that in the epilogue of the book .
- 3. Epilogue nineteen years later autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year .
- 4. He 'd like to do an update to his novel , he says , some sort of epilogue .
- 5. Among them are kate braestrup 's " here if you need me , " anne roiphe 's " epilogue " and kay redfield jamison 's " nothing was the same . "