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Today's Word "denouement"

Outcome of a complex sequence of events on

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denouement \day-noo-MAWN\ (noun) - 1 : The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work. 2 : The outcome of a complex sequence of events.

"Of course, the crusaders were losers in the short run, but Europe's storytellers have traditionally awarded them the righteous victory and not dwelt on the embarrassing denouement." -- Todd Gitlin, 'The Twilight of Common Dreams'

 

Denouement is from French, from Old French denoer, "to untie," from Latin de- + nodare, "to tie in a knot," from nodus, "a knot."


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