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Webster 1913 Edition
Denouement
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Déˊnoueˊment′
,Noun.
[F.
dénouement
, fr. dénouer
to untie; pref. dé-
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Denouement
DENOUEMENT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
denouement
denouement
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English
Noun
denouement (plural denouements)
- Alternative spelling of dénouement
- 2005, Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril:
- The denouement is the moment when all of the knots of a story are untied, […] But the denouement should not be confused with the end of a story.
- 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
- Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
- 2005, Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril: