soliloquy
pronunciation
How to pronounce soliloquy in British English:
UK [səˈlɪləkwi]
How to pronounce soliloquy in American English:
US [səˈlɪləkwi]
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- Noun:
- speech you make to yourself
- a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections
Word Origin
- soliloquy (n.)
- 1610s, from Late Latin soliloquium "a talking to oneself," from Latin solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)) + loqui "speak" (see locution). Also used in translation of Latin "Liber Soliloquiorum," a treatise by Augustine, who is said to have coined the word, on analogy of Greek monologia (see monologue). Related: Soliloquent.
Example
- 1. She ended her soliloquy , " I want to die . "
- 2. Logue won 't indulge his patient 's stuffiness , while bertie considers logue a charlatan until a breakthrough moment that involves hamlet 's soliloquy and a recording machine .
- 3. We don 't need a soliloquy .
- 4. This man was engaged in a long soliloquy in his room .
- 5. He continued his soliloquy on korean reunification and the american plot to obstruct it .