D''''''''''''''''ENOUEMENT DEFINITIONS - 8 definitions found
denouement n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events 2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) denouement also dénouement noun 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 Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary denouement also dénouement (denouements) In a book, play, or series of events, the denouement is the sequence of events at the end, when things come to a conclusion. ...an unexpected denouement. N-COUNT: usu sing English Explanatory Dictionary denouement deɪˈnu:mɑ:ŋ n. (also d÷nouement) 1 the final unravelling of a plot or complicated situation. 2 the final scene in a play, novel, etc., in which the plot is resolved. [F d÷nouement f. d÷nouer unknot (as DE-, L nodare f. nodus knot)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) D'enouement \D['e]`noue`ment"\, n. [F. d['e]nouement, fr. d['e]nouer to untie; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie, fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.] 1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance. 2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 140 Moby Thesaurus words for "denouement": Z, accomplishment, action, anagnorisis, angle, answer, apodosis, architectonics, architecture, argument, ascertainment, atmosphere, background, bitter end, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, characterization, clearing up, climax, coda, color, completion, complication, conclusion, consummation, continuity, contrivance, crack of doom, cracking, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, decipherment, decoding, design, destination, destiny, determination, development, device, disentanglement, doom, effect, end, end point, end result, ending, envoi, epilogue, episode, eschatology, expiration, explanation, fable, falling action, fate, final result, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finding, finding-out, finis, finish, gimmick, goal, incident, interpretation, issue, izzard, last, last act, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, line, local color, mood, motif, movement, mythos, omega, outcome, payoff, period, peripeteia, peroration, plan, plot, quietus, reason, recognition, resolution, resolving, resting place, result, riddling, rising action, scheme, secondary plot, slant, solution, solving, sorting out, stoppage, stopping place, story, structure, subject, subplot, swan song, switch, term, terminal, termination, terminus, thematic development, theme, tone, topic, twist, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, windup, working, working-out |
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