The particulars of the dénouement you shall know in due season (Tobias Smollett). It's all fairly conventional and unsubtle, with an anticlimactic dénouement; but the Cornish setting is attractive (New York Times).
b) the passage in the story, play, or other literary work, in which this takes place.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
de|noue|ment — or dé|noue|ment «DAY noo mahn», noun. 1. a) the solution of a plot in a story, play, situation, or the like: »The particulars of the dénouement you shall know in due season (Tobias Smollett). It s all fairly conventional and unsubtle, with an… … Useful english dictionary
noue — de·noue·ment; … English syllables
dé·noue·ment — ↑denouement … Useful english dictionary
de·noue·ment — … Useful english dictionary
denouement — de·noue·ment … English syllables
de — de·magnetization; de·magnetize; de·mand·able; de·mand·ant; de·manganize; de·man·i·an; de·man·sia; de·man·toid; de·mar·cate; de·mar·ca·tion; de·mar·ca·tor; de·march; de·marche; de·mar·ga·rin·ate; de·mark; de·mast; de·materialize; de·mat·i·a·ce·ae; … English syllables
denouement — de•noue•ment or dé•noue•ment [[t]ˌdeɪ nuˈmɑ̃[/t]] n. 1) lit. the final resolution of a plot, as of a drama or novel 2) the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences • Etymology: 1745–55; < F: lit., an untying … From formal English to slang
D'enouement — D[ e] noue ment , n. [F. d[ e]nouement, fr. d[ e]nouer to untie; pref. d[ e] (L. dis ) + nouer to tie, fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.] 1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
denouement — de|noue|ment [deıˈnu:mɔŋ US ˌdeınu:ˈma:ŋ] n formal [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: dénouement untying ] the exciting last part of a story or play ▪ The plot takes us to Paris for the denouement of the story … Dictionary of contemporary English
denouement — de|noue|ment [ ,deınu mɑ̃ / noun count FORMAL the end of a book, play, or series of events, when everything is explained … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
