epilogue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
    epilog.
  2. noun a short passage added at the end of a literary work
    epilog.
    • the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters

WordNet

Ep"i*logue noun
Etymology
F. épilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. conclusion, fr. to say in addition; upon, besides + to say. See Legend.
Definitions
  1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.
    A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. Shak.
  2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.

Webster 1913