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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024so•lil•o•quy /səˈlɪləkwi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -quies. - Literaturea speech in a drama in which a character, alone or as if alone, reveals innermost thoughts.
- the act of talking while or as if alone.
See -sole-, -loq-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024so•lil•o•quy (sə lil′ə kwē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -quies. - Literaturean utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts):Hamlet's soliloquy begins with "To be or not to be.''
- the act of talking while or as if alone.
- Late Latin sōliloquium a talking to oneself, soliloquy, equivalent. to sōli- soli-1 + loqu(ī) to speak + -ium -ium; see -y3
- 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: soliloquy /səˈlɪləkwɪ/ n ( pl -quies)- the act of speaking alone or to oneself, esp as a theatrical device
- a speech in a play that is spoken in soliloquy
Etymology: 17th Century: via Late Latin sōliloquium, from Latin sōlus sole + loquī to speakUSAGE
Soliloquy is sometimes wrongly used where monologue is meant. Both words refer to a long speech by one person, but a monologue can be addressed to other people, whereas in a soliloquy the speaker is always talking to himself or herself |