† epiloguizev.
/ɪˈpɪləɡʌɪz/ Obsolete. in extended use.1750 ‘P. M'Blush’ Let. 25 Apr. in Student 1 No. 4. 143 The laugh of applause, with which the charming companion of my new acquaintance was epiloguizing his witty raillery.
a. intransitive. To deliver an epilogue, to speak as one who is delivering an epilogue.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] > deliver prologue or epilogue
epilogize1623
prologizea1625
epiloguizea1652
prologuize1749
a1652 R. Brome City Wit Epil. sig. G4, in Five New Playes (1653) Now let me Scholastikewise For us all Epiloguise.
1656 S. Holland Don Zara iii. iii. 164 Nothing appears but a thick Stage, and a thin-jaw'd Poet, who thus Epiloguizes.
b. transitive. To put an epilogue to. Cf. epilogize v.
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1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 115 ⁋158 Doth epiloguise and confesse, that, etc.
Derivatives
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part
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old man1762
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buffo1764
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jeune premier1817
primo buffo1826
character actor1841
utility man1849
deuteragonist1855
character comedian1857
bit playera1859
utility actor1860
serio-comic1866
juvenile lead1870
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heavy1880
utility1885
thinker1886
onnagata1889
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tritagonist1890
oyama1925
juve1935
1748 J. Hoadley Epil. to Shaks. 1 Hen. IV Go to, old lad, 'tis time that thou art wiser; Thou art not fram'd for an epiloguizer.
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