exeunt

American  

[ek-see-uhnt, -oont] / ˈɛk si ənt, -ˌʊnt /

verb (used without object)

1. (they) go offstage (used formerly as a stage direction, usually preceding the names of the characters).

   Exeunt soldiers and townspeople.

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exeunt British  

/ ˈɛksɪˌʌnt /

1. they go out: used as a stage direction

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exeunt Cultural  

1. A stage direction indicating that two or more actors leave the stage. Exeunt is Latin for “They go out.”

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Etymology

Origin of exeunt

1475–85; < Latin, 3rd person plural present indicative of exīre to exit ¹

Example Sentences

Few others of his generation would think to put “lemon telenovela” or “texasburger” in a poem, or write these lines: “Thanks / to a snakeskin toupee, my grayish push boots / exhale new patina / prestige. Exeunt the Kardashians.”

From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015

Love it or hate it, it's undoubtedly generated some of the most interesting and perceptive writing on theatre from Daniel B Yates for Exeunt here and from Andrew Haydon here.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2012

"Exeunt Omnes," cried the Papal master of ceremonies, and all but the Cardinals departed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Exeunt Omnes Sir: Plutonius: "Geigers, beware, for Fission and ourselves will wed our forces to spawn a new and fiercer breed of demons."

From Time Magazine Archive

A omits; B places He . . . arras after Exeunt.

From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Boas, Frederick S.