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ˈventriloque, n. and a. rare.
[Anglicized form of ventriloquus: cf. F. ventriloque.]
a. n. A ventriloquist.
b. adj. Ventriloquial.
1681Glanvill Evid. Witches London ii. 63 This Pythoness being a Ventriloque, that is, speaking as it were from the bottom of her Belly. 1826Hood Irish Schoolm. iii, And oft, indeed, the inward of that gate, Most ventriloque, doth utter tender squeak. 1834Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 314 The voice of the birds..is also made up partly of echo-notes, in all cases where it is ventriloque, or varies in apparent place. |