soliloquize

English

Etymology

soliloquy +‎ -ize

Verb

soliloquize (third-person singular simple present soliloquizes, present participle soliloquizing, simple past and past participle soliloquized)

1. (drama) To perform a soliloquy; (of a character) to talk to oneself.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 3, page 276:

     "Now, I am quite sure that our beautiful hostess has been making an assignation," soliloquised Charles, who, for want of something better to do, had been watching the various actions of the group in the principal chamber in the castle,...

   • 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 142:

     I rubbed my hands with delight over my happy notion, and soliloquized aloud, "What a joy there is in going about doing good actions."

Translations

to perform a soliloquy

• Bulgarian: произнасям монолог (proiznasjam monolog)
• Catalan: monologar (ca)
• German: ein Selbstgespräch führen, mit sich selber reden, monologisieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: μονολογώ (el) (monologó)
• Maori: kōrero whaiaroaro
• Portuguese: soliloquiar, monologar (pt)

To talk to oneself

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Bulgarian: говоря си сам (govorja si sam)
• Maori: motatau

See also

• monologize