soliloquize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree English soliloquy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English soliloquize From soliloquy + -ize.
Meanings
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(intransitive) Of a character: to perform a soliloquy, to talk to oneself.
I rubbed my hands with delight over my happy notion, and soliloquised aloud, "What a joy there is in going about doing good actions."
1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part III”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 164:"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, […]
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 276:
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(intransitive) To think to oneself.
Far up in the mountains he heard a lion roar. How much safer one was, he soliloquized, in the haunts of wild beasts than in the haunts of men.
1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 132:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| soliloquizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| soliloquise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| soliloquized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| soliloquized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| soliloquizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
soliloquizingly · soliloquizer
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (13)
bg говоря си сам (to talk to oneself) · bg произнасям монолог (to perform a soliloquy) · de monologisieren (to perform a soliloquy) · mi kōrero whaiaroaro (to perform a soliloquy) · ca monologar (to perform a soliloquy) · pt monologar (to perform a soliloquy) · de ein Selbstgespräch führen (to perform a soliloquy) · el μονολογώ (to perform a soliloquy) · fr soliloquer (to talk to oneself) · pt soliloquiar (to perform a soliloquy) · mi motatau (to talk to oneself) · fr soliloquer (to perform a soliloquy) · de mit sich selber reden (to perform a soliloquy)