epimyth means the moral of a story. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
epimyth is pronounced /ˈɛpɪmɪθ/.
Why “epimyth” is a great word
EPIMYTH — [Noun] The explicit moral or lesson appended to the conclusion of a fable or story. From the Greek ἐπιμύθιον, neuter of ἐπιμύθιος, from ἐπί ("upon") + μῦθος ("story, fable"). Unlike a promythium, which prefaces the tale, or a theme, which is woven implicitly throughout and must be unearthed, an epimyth is a deliberate, didactic codicil. It is the crisp snap of the judge's gavel after the parable's drama, the typed coda beneath Aesop's tortoise crossing the finish line, the heavy stone rolled before the tomb of narrative possibility—a formal closure for the messy business of living, insisting that chaos must, however briefly, yield to order.
noun
- The moral of a story.“The epimyth, coming after the fable, the moral.”