envoi
noun
en·voi ˈen-ˌvoi 
ˈän-
ˈän- variants or envoy
: the usually explanatory or commendatory concluding remarks to a poem, essay, or book
especially : a short final stanza of a ballad serving as a summary or dedication
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web An environmental envoi, perhaps, with Buzz washed up on a beach alongside other jetsam, or clogging the gullet of a whale? 
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019 Word History
Etymology
Middle English envoye, from Middle French envoi, literally, message, from Old French envei, from enveier to send on one's way, from Vulgar Latin *inviare, from Latin in- + via way — more at way
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
envois
noun
variants or envoys
as in postscripts
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- postscripts
- epilogs
- epilogues
- aftermaths
- cessations
- finales
- closes
- closings
- conclusions
- finishes
- terminations
- stops
- ends
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- prefaces
- preambles
- introductions
- intros
- exordia
- preludes
- forewords
- prologues
- exordiums
- prolusions
- proems
- beginnings
- prologs
- openings
- starts
- origins
- commencements
- initiations
- originations
- outsets