soliloquy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms

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[edit] Etymology

1595–1605; From Late Latin sōliloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo < sōlus (“‘only, sole’”) + loquor (“‘I speak’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: səlĭlʹəkwē, IPA: /səˈlɪləkwi/
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[edit] Noun

soliloquy (plural soliloquies)

1. (drama) The act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to the audience.

   At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.

2. A speech or written discourse in this form.
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 135:

     The feeling of Singleton's bosom grew heightened in its tone of melancholy, and a more passionate emphasis of thought broke forth in his half-muttered soliloquy:— ¶"How I remember as I look […]

[edit] Synonyms

• (speech or written discourse): monologue

[edit] Related terms

• soliloquist
• soliloquize

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• apostrophe
• stage whisper

[edit] Verb

to soliloquy (third-person singular simple present soliloquies, present participle soliloquying or soliloquing, simple past and past participle soliloquied)

1. (very rare) To issue a soliloquy.

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• soliloquize (much more common)