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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

exeunt

At no point did anyone exeunt pursued by a bear.

From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2016

The priest blesses the faithful, they cough in response, and all exeunt to today's hymn, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

He kisses it, and placing it in his bosom, smiles, then slowly exeunt, U.E.R.

From Cromwell by Alfred B. Richards

My selfe will be that happy messenger, Who hopes his griefe will be reueal'd to her. exeunt omnes Enter Hamlet and the Players.

From The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke The First ('Bad') Quarto by William Shakespeare

“Omnia exeunt in mysterium,” says somebody, somewhere—or if he don’t, ought to, seeing that it is so. 

From Yeast: a Problem by Charles Kingsley

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