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单词 soliloquy
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soliloquyn.

Brit. /səˈlɪləkwi/, U.S. /səˈlɪləkwi/
Forms: Also 1600s soliloquie.
Etymology: < Latin sōliloquium (introduced by St. Augustine), < sōli-, sōlus alone + loqui to speak. In the following quot. the reference is to St. Augustine's Liber Soliloquiorum:c1380 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1878) 91 Þat he dispised so riches, [in] Þe bok Soliloquijs he bereþ witnes.
1.
a. An instance of talking to or conversing with oneself, or of uttering one's thoughts aloud without addressing any person.In quot. 1629 stressed on the first and third syllables.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > monologue > [noun]
sole-talk1592
soliloquiuma1612
soliloquy1613
soliloque1697
monologue1859
1613 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 3) Soliloquie, priuate talke.
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 48 Her pining thoughts; and her projecting feares; Her soliloquies, and her secret teares.
1699 S. Garth Dispensary v. 53 He finds no respite from his anxious Grief, Then seeks from this Soliloquy relief.
1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. vi. 286 It is indeed no other than a passionate soliloquy.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. x. 359 This enthusiastic soliloquy was interrupted by a rustling noise in the hall.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxiv. 210 She had hurried on through her story, with a wild, passionate utterance;..sometimes speaking as in a soliloquy.
b. A literary production representing or imitating a discourse of this nature.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > soliloquy or monologue
monologuec1550
monology1616
soliloquy1641
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > soliloquy
soliloquy1641
1641 J. S. (title) Soliloqvies Theologicall.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης Pref. sig. C As to the Author of these Soliloquies.
c1675 Earl of Rochester Satyr against Mankind 74 All this we know..From Patrick's Pilgrim, Sibbs Soliloquies.
1718 M. Prior Solomon Pref., in Wks. (1892) II. 83 The whole poem is a soliloquy: Solomon is the person that speaks.
1770 (title) The Soliloquy: a poem, occasioned by a late decision.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. 5 The mysticism of the West has produced..soliloquies, sermons, and treatises of divinity.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vi. 183 The soliloquies of Hamlet..must have been lost upon the groundlings of Elizabeth's days.
2. Without article: the act of talking to oneself; soliloquizing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > monologue > [noun] > act or habit of speaking in
monology1616
soliloquya1668
monologue1668
soliloquizingc1822
soliloquacity1895
a1668 W. Davenant News from Plimouth ii, in Wks. (1673) 7/1 You will find it Such a feast of Soliloquy,..As yet you never tasted.
1738 Mrs. Rowe (title) Devout Exercises of the Heart in Meditation and Soliloquy.
1839 H. Reeve in J. K. Laughton Mem. (1898) I. 104 He confounds soliloquy and colloquy.

Derivatives

soˈliloquy v. rare. to address (oneself) in a soliloquy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > monologue > address in soliloquy [verb (reflexive)]
soliloquy1766
1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. 106 Upon such an Occasion as this, one should naturally soliloquy themselves thus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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