Associations to the word «Epilogue»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

EPILOGUE, noun. A short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play.
EPILOGUE, noun. A short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.