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so·lil·o·quy    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.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < LL sōliloquium a talking to oneself, soliloquy, equiv. to sōli- soli-1 + loqu(ī) to speak + -ium -ium; see -y3]
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so·lil·o·quy    Audio Help   (sə-lĭl'ə-kwē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. so·lil·o·quies
    1. A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.
    2. A specific speech or piece of writing in this form of discourse.
  2. The act of speaking to oneself.


[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 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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