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soliloquy

Pronunciation: /səˈlɪləkwi/
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Definition of soliloquy

noun (plural soliloquies)

  • an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play: Edmund ends the scene as he had begun it, with a soliloquy [mass noun]:he did most of his thinking by soliloquy
  • a part of a play involving a soliloquy: in the opening soliloquy he declares his true intent

Derivatives

soliloquist

noun

soliloquize

(also soliloquise) verb

Origin:

Middle English: from late Latin soliloquium, from Latin solus 'alone' + loqui 'speak'

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