soliloquy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
1595–1605; From Late Latin sōliloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo ("Two Books of Soliloquies"), from sōlus (“only, sole”) + loquor (“to speak”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.
Yet if I were to say […] that Hamlet's soliloquy had been much over-rated, it would not be said, on this account, that I was unable to appreciate Shakespeare.
1901, Edmund Selous, Bird Watching, J.M. Dent & Co, London, Chapter XII: Watching Blackbirds, Nightingales, Sand-martins, etc., page 315:
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(countable, uncountable) A speech or written discourse in this form.
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 […]
1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 135:Here is a very over-simplified example, this time expressed in the form of a subjective soliloquy rather than a computer simulation.
1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Kindle edition, OUP Oxford, published 2016, page 126:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| soliloquies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
soliloquist · soliloquize · soliloqual · soliloquise
Hypernyms
Relateds
solo · stage whisper · solitude · locution · apostrophe
Synonyms
Translations (56)
it soliloquio (act of a character speaking to himself) · hu monológ (speech or written discourse in this form) · es soliloquio (act of a character speaking to himself) · pt solilóquio (act of a character speaking to himself) · hu belső monológ (speech or written discourse in this form) · fr soliloque (act of a character speaking to himself) · id senandika (act of a character speaking to himself) · cs samomluva (act of a character speaking to himself) · ja 独り言 (act of a character speaking to himself) · hu magánbeszéd (speech or written discourse in this form) · nb enetale (act of a character speaking to himself) · fi yksinpuhelu (act of a character speaking to himself) · nb enetale (speech or written discourse in this form) · ru моноло́г (act of a character speaking to himself) · ru моноло́г (speech or written discourse in this form) · el μονόλογος (act of a character speaking to himself) · pt solilóquio (speech or written discourse in this form) · da enetale (speech or written discourse in this form) · cmn 獨白 /独白 (speech or written discourse in this form) · is einræða (act of a character speaking to himself) · mi kupu whaiaroaro (speech or written discourse in this form) · id solilokui (act of a character speaking to himself) · sv monolog (act of a character speaking to himself) · hy մենախոսություն (act of a character speaking to himself) · bg монолог (act of a character speaking to himself) · el μονόλογος (speech or written discourse in this form) · pl solilokwium (act of a character speaking to himself) · ca soliloqui (act of a character speaking to himself) · ru солило́квий (act of a character speaking to himself) · ja 独話 (act of a character speaking to himself) · is einræða (speech or written discourse in this form) · fr soliloque (speech or written discourse in this form) · de Selbstgespräch (act of a character speaking to himself) · tr kendi kendine konuşma (act of a character speaking to himself) · ja 独白 (act of a character speaking to himself) · nb monolog (speech or written discourse in this form) · ca soliloqui (speech or written discourse in this form) · es soliloquio (speech or written discourse in this form) · de Monolog (speech or written discourse in this form) · nl monoloog (speech or written discourse in this form) · sv monolog (speech or written discourse in this form) · da monolog (speech or written discourse in this form) · cy ymson (act of a character speaking to himself) · is eintal (speech or written discourse in this form) · fi yksinpuhelu (speech or written discourse in this form) · is eintal (act of a character speaking to himself) · ja 独白 (speech or written discourse in this form) · fr monologue (speech or written discourse in this form) · hu magánbeszéd (act of a character speaking to himself) · it soliloquio (speech or written discourse in this form) · hu monológ (act of a character speaking to himself) · cmn 獨白 /独白 (act of a character speaking to himself) · ko 독백 (act of a character speaking to himself) · af alleenspraak (act of a character speaking to himself) · da enetale (act of a character speaking to himself) · de Selbstgespräch (speech or written discourse in this form)
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