ventriloquyn.
/vɛnˈtrɪləkwi/, U.S. /vɛnˈtrɪləkwi/ 1. = ventriloquism n. (in both senses).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > speaking or appearing to speak from the abdomen
ventriloquy1584
ventriloquism1818
gastriloquism1831
gastriloquy1848
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. i. 126 A wench, practising hir diabolicall witchcraft, and ventriloquie An. 1574.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. ix. 83 Some have questioned ventriloquie, when men strangely speak out of their bellies, whether it can be done lawfully or no.
a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 64 For Ventriloquy, or speaking from the bottom of the Belly, 'tis a thing..as strange..as anything in Witchcraft.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Ventriloquy, the act of speaking in such a manner as though the sound proceeded from the belly.
1823 Examiner 338 His excellent imitations of ventriloquy.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 248/1 The lips and jaws being always somewhat open during ventriloquy, a slight labial movement remains unnoticed.
1889 H. MacColl Mr. Stranger's Sealed Packet xxx You would have put it all down to ventriloquy and imposture.
2. (See quot. 1623) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun]
haruspicy1569
bowel-gazing1587
ventriloquy1623
paunch-poring1656
extispicy1681
extispicine1693
haruspiciny1693
enteroscopy1726
haruspication1871
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Ventriloquie, diuination by the inwards of beasts.
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