Etymology

envoi

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Today it means: A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem. Full definition →

French envoi
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  1. French · borrowed fromenvoi
  2. French · borrowed fromenvoi
  3. English todayenvoi

Borrowed from French envoi.

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