soliloquy
noun/səˈlɪləkwi/
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”).
- borrowed from sōliloquium
Definitions
The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the…
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.
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 […]
- Here is a very over-simplified example, this time expressed in the form of a subjective soliloquy rather than a computer simulation.
To issue a soliloquy.
The neighborhood
- neighborsolo
- neighborsolitude
- neighborlocution
- neighborapostrophe
- neighborstage whisper
- neighbororation
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for soliloquy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA