envoi
Americannoun
plural
envois-
a final, summative message, such as the closing scene of a movie or a concluding passage or reflection in a book.
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a final act of farewell at the end of a career, such as a performer's last appearance or recording, an athlete's last competition, an author's last book, etc.; swan song.
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Prosody. in a ballad or sestina, a final stanza, containing a dedication or summative reflection.
Example Sentences
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There’s a quote I love, a kind of mantra I repeat to myself in the face of great loss, that I’ll leave with you as an envoi to this exchange.
From Slate • Sep. 11, 2021
An environmental envoi, perhaps, with Buzz washed up on a beach alongside other jetsam, or clogging the gullet of a whale?
From The New Yorker • Jun. 21, 2019
Shakespeare is even braver than Chaucer in invoking this paradox, for he sometimes has his characters themselves deliver the envoi.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2014
After God intervenes, the piece concludes with an envoi, like an undulant benediction, beautifully sung in duo by these impressive artists.
From New York Times • May 12, 2013
Followed the beat of lessening footfalls, while the nightingale improvised an envoi.
From Chivalry by Cabell, James Branch
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