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mon⋅o⋅logue

  [mon-uh-lawg, -log]
–noun
1. a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
2. a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, esp. one dominating or monopolizing a conversation.
3. any composition, as a poem, in which a single person speaks alone.
4. a part of a drama in which a single actor speaks alone; soliloquy.
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Origin:
1615–25; < F, on the model of dialogue dialogue; cf. Gk monólogos speaking alone

Related forms:
mon⋅o⋅log⋅ic  [mon-uh-loj-ik] , mon⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal, adjective
mon⋅o⋅log⋅ist  [mon-uh-law-gist, -log-ist, muh-nol-uh-jist] , mon⋅o⋅logu⋅ist  [mon-uh-law-gist, -log-ist] , noun
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mon·o·logue also mon·o·log   (mŏn'ə-lôg', -lŏg')   
n.  

    1. A dramatic soliloquy.

    2. A literary composition in the form of a soliloquy.

  2. A continuous series of jokes or comic stories delivered by one comedian.

  3. A long speech made by one person, often monopolizing a conversation.

v.   mon·o·logued also mon·o·logged, mon·o·logu·ing also mon·o·log·ging, mon·o·logues also mon·o·logs

v.   intr.
To give or perform a monologue.
v.   tr.
To address a monologue to.

[French : Greek mono-, mono- + Greek -logos, -logue.]
mon'o·log'ic (-lŏj'ĭk), mon'o·log'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., mon'o·logu'ist (mŏn'ə-lôg'ĭst, -lŏg'-), mo·nol'o·gist (mə-nŏl'ə-jĭst, mŏn'ə-lôg'ĭst, -lŏg'-) n.
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Word Origin & History

monologue 
1668, "long speech by one person," from Late Gk. monologos "speaking alone," from Gk. monos "single, alone" + logos "speech, word," from legein "to speak" (see lecture).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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