ep ‧ i ‧ logue BrE AmE ( also epilog American English ) /ˈepəlɒɡ, ˈepɪlɒɡ $ -lɒːɡ, -lɑːɡ/ noun
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: Greek epilogos , from epilegein 'to say in addition' ]
1 . [countable] a speech or piece of writing that is added to the end of a book, film, or play and discusses or explains the ending
2 . [singular] literary something that happens at the end of a series of events ⇨ prologue :
a disastrous epilogue to his career