Definition of Epilog

1. Noun. A short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play.

Exact synonyms: Epilogue
Generic synonyms: Close, Closing, Conclusion, End, Ending

2. Noun. A short passage added at the end of a literary work. "The epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"
Exact synonyms: Epilogue
Group relationships: Piece Of Writing, Writing, Written Material
Generic synonyms: Close, Closing, Conclusion, End, Ending

Definition of Epilog

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of epilogue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epilog

1. a concluding section [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epilog

epileptogeneses
epileptogenesis
epileptogenic
epileptogenic zone
epileptogenous
epileptoid
epileptologist
epileptology
epilimnia
epilimnion
epilimnions
epilith
epilithic
epiliths
epilog (current term)
epilogation
epilogic
epilogical
epilogism
epilogisms
epilogistic
epilogize
epilogized
epilogizes
epilogizing
epilogs
epilogue
epilogued
epilogues

Literary usage of Epilog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Parents, Peers and Pot II: Parents in Action by Marsha Manatt (1996)
"... epilog: THE IMPACT OF THE PARENT MOVEMENT by Tom Adams* The nine chapters in this book describe the determination of parents in diverse communities who ..."

2. Literary Criticism from the Elizabethan Dramatists: Repertory and Synthesis by David Klein (1910)
"... the growth untried Of that wide gap; since it is in my power To o'erthrow law, etc. I. Prolog, epilog, Etc. Shakspere seldom indulged in prologs or ..."

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