epilogistIc

[Gr. epilogist i kos, from epi logos an epilogue.] Pertaining to or of the nature of an epilogue; epilogic. "These lines are an epilogistic palinode to the last elegy." -Warton: On Milton's Smaller Poems . ě-pil-o-gişe, *ě-pil-o-ģīze, v. t. & i. [EPILOGUIZE.] ěp-I-lõgue, s . [Fr., from Lat. epilog us , from Gr. epilogos = a concluding speech: epi = upon, and logos a word, a speech.] 1. Drama : A short speech or poem addre ed to the spectators by one of the actors at the end of a play. "The compositions in which the greatest license was taken were the epilogues ." - Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. iii. 2. Rhet.: The conclusion or winding-up of a speech, in which the principal matters are recapitu låted. IMG:content-1080.png:[blocks in formation] "The dances being ended, the spirit epiloguizes ." Milton: Comus; Direction after 976. B. Trans.: To add to in the way of an epilogue; to wind up. "I was rude enough to interrupt the laugh of applause, with which the charming companion of my new acquaint ance was epiloguizing his witty raillery." -Student (1750), 1. 143. *ě-pil-o-guiz-er, s. [Eng. epiloguiz (e); -er.] One who epiloguizes; a writer or speaker of an epilogue. "Thou art not framed for an epiloguizer ." - Hoadley . ěp-i-ma-chi-næ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. epimach (us), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: Plumed Birds. A sub-family of Upupide (Hoopoes). The bill is like that of Promerops, but chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; epipedometry the margins are obtuse and somewhat inflexed. There are velvety plumes clothing the nostrils. The wings are short, the toes long and strong. The species are beautiful birds, almost like Birds of Paradise. They are found in New Zealand.