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outroduction

outroduction noun: the closing remarks made at the end of a book, story, performance, etc.

Noun

outroduction (plural outroductions)

  1. (rare) The closing remarks made at the end of a book, story, performance, etc.
    • And I well remember that when I visited Elizabeth in her German Garden, during the early years of the April, May, and June babies, those charming young persons were in the habit of writing not only introductions but "outroductions" to their own manuscript novels. Perhaps they may as well furnish an...1924, The Century, volume 109
    • Include an introduction and an “outroduction” (the graceful closing, wrap—up remarks).1996, David K. Dunaway, Willa K. Baum, Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology, →ISBN, page 317

Forms of outroduction

pluraloutroductions

Origin of outroduction

Blend of out + introduction, back-formation from outro.

Words that rhyme with outroduction

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about outroduction

What does outroduction mean?
Outroduction means the closing remarks made at the end of a book, story, performance, etc.
What part of speech is outroduction?
Outroduction is a noun.
What is the plural of outroduction?
The plural of outroduction is outroductions.

Words near outroduction in the dictionary

  1. outrocked
  2. outrocking
  3. outrocks
  4. outrode
  5. outrodes
  6. outroduction
  7. outroductions
  8. outroductory
  9. outrogue
  10. outrogued
  11. outrogues

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