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Audio Help [suh-lil-uh-kwee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -quies.
| 1. | an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts): Hamlet's soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be.” |
| 2. | the act of talking while or as if alone. |
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soliloquy
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n. pl. so·lil·o·quies
[Late Latin sōliloquium : Latin sōlus, alone; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + Latin loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.] |
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soliloquy
1604, from L.L. soliloquium "a talking to oneself," from L. solus "alone" + loqui "speak." First used in translation of L. "Liber Soliloquiorum," a treatise by Augustine, who is said to have coined the word, on analogy of Gk. monologia (see monologue). Verb soliloquize is recorded from 1759.
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| soliloquy | |
noun | |
| 1. | speech you make to yourself |
| 2. | a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections |
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