ˈenˌvȯi, ˈän- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Old French envei, envoy
1. : the usually explanatory or commendatory concluding remarks to a poem, essay, or book ; specifically : a short fixed final stanza of a poem (as a ballade) pointing the moral and usually addressing the person to whom the poem is written
2. : parting word
each one's envoi to his successors ended on a note of frustration and defeat — Cleve Hallenbeck
Dick's muttered envoi … fell … with the effect of a stunning blow — Mary McCarthy