DENOUEMENT


Meaning of DENOUEMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also dé·noue·ment ˌdā-ˌnü-ˈmäⁿ, dā-ˈnü-ˌ

Etymology: French dénouement, literally, untying, from Middle French desnouement, from desnouer to untie, from Old French desnoer, from des- de- + noer to tie, from Latin nodare, from nodus knot — more at node

Date: 1705

1. : the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work

2. : the outcome of a complex sequence of events

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