ventriloquist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English ventriloquy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English ventriloquist From ventriloquy + -ist.
Meanings
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A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.
Most ridiculous is the discomfiture which attends the opponents of predication, who, like the ventriloquist Eurycles, have the voice that answers them in their own breast.
1871, Benjamin Jowett, The Sophist, translation of original by Plato:"Oh, I am a ventriloquist," said the little man. "I can throw the sound of my voice wherever I wish, so that you thought it was coming out of the Head. […]"
1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “Chapter 15”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ventriloquists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ventriloquistically · ventriloquistic · ventriloquistical
Relateds
ventriloquism · ventriloquially · ventriloquial · ventriloquy
Synonyms
Translations (53)
cmn 腹語者 /腹语者 (a person who practices ventriloquism) · nb buktaler (a person who practices ventriloquism) · yi בויכרעדער (a person who practices ventriloquism) · sh трбухозборац (a person who practices ventriloquism) · de Bauchrednerin (a person who practices ventriloquism) · nb buktalerske (a person who practices ventriloquism) · de Ventriloquistin (a person who practices ventriloquism) · ru чревовеща́тель (a person who practices ventriloquism) · hu hasbeszélő (a person who practices ventriloquism) · pt ventríloqua (a person who practices ventriloquism) · sk bruchomluvec (a person who practices ventriloquism) · ro ventriloc (a person who practices ventriloquism) · nb ventrilokvist (a person who practices ventriloquism) · ru чревовеща́тельница (a person who practices ventriloquism) · de Ventriloquist (a person who practices ventriloquism) · el εγγαστρίμυθος (a person who practices ventriloquism) · ja 腹話術師 (a person who practices ventriloquism) · sv buktalare (a person who practices ventriloquism) · syc ܡܡܠܠ ܡܢ ܟܪܣܐ (a person who practices ventriloquism) · io ventroparolero (a person who practices ventriloquism) · it ventriloqua (a person who practices ventriloquism) · nn ventrilokvist (a person who practices ventriloquism) · cs břichomluvec (a person who practices ventriloquism) · ro ventrilocă (a person who practices ventriloquism) · fr ventriloque (a person who practices ventriloquism) · cmn 口技表演者 (a person who practices ventriloquism) · sv buktalerska (a person who practices ventriloquism) · nn buktalar (a person who practices ventriloquism) · de Bauchredner (a person who practices ventriloquism) · tr vantrilok (a person who practices ventriloquism) · is búktalari (a person who practices ventriloquism) · ca ventríloc (a person who practices ventriloquism) · grc ἐγγαστρίμυθος (a person who practices ventriloquism) · pl brzuchomówca (a person who practices ventriloquism) · da buktaler (a person who practices ventriloquism) · es ventrílocua (a person who practices ventriloquism) · pt ventríloquo (a person who practices ventriloquism) · pl brzuchomówczyni (a person who practices ventriloquism) · tl bentrilokwo (a person who practices ventriloquism) · he פִּיתוֹם (a person who practices ventriloquism) · io ventroparolanto (a person who practices ventriloquism) · ca ventríloqua (a person who practices ventriloquism) · nl buikspreker (a person who practices ventriloquism) · lv vēderrunātājs (a person who practices ventriloquism) · sh trbuhozborac (a person who practices ventriloquism) · lv vēderrunātāja (a person who practices ventriloquism) · nn buktalerske (a person who practices ventriloquism) · it ventriloquo (a person who practices ventriloquism) · es ventrílocuo (a person who practices ventriloquism) · fi vatsastapuhuja (a person who practices ventriloquism) · ar مُتَكَلِّم مِنْ بَطْنِه (a person who practices ventriloquism) · yi בויכרעדערין (a person who practices ventriloquism) · da ventrilokvist (a person who practices ventriloquism)