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Definition of envoi noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

envoi

noun

/ˈenvɔɪ/

/ˈenvɔɪ/

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a line or a group of lines that forms the conclusion to a poem
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French envoi, from envoyer ‘send’, from en voie ‘on the way’, based on Latin via ‘way’.

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