exeunt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stage direction for more than one actor to leave the stage.
  2. An act of one or more actors leaving the stage.
verb
  1. They leave the stage (a stage direction to two or more actors, the plural counterpart of exit).

Pronunciation

/ˈɛksi.ənt/

Word forms

exeunt exeunts exit exeunting exeunted

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exeunt (“they leave”), the third-person plural present active indicative of exeō (“leave”).

Related words

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