soliloquy
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ə noun, plural so·lil·o·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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| —n , pl -quies | |
| 1. | the act of speaking alone or to oneself, esp as a theatrical device |
| 2. | a speech in a play that is spoken in soliloquy: Hamlet's first soliloquy |
| usage Soliloquy is sometimes wrongly used where monologue is meant. Both words refer to a long speech by one person, but a monologue can be addressed to other people, whereas in a soliloquy the speaker is always talking to himself or herself | |
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Soliloquy
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Word Origin & History
soliloquy
c.1600, 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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Example sentences
There's a boom microphone in the apartment capturing what has now turned into a soliloquy.
She felt much better for the tears in which this soliloquy ended.
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