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soliloquy

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9 lettersPronunciation /səˈlɪləkwi/Part of speech nounSorted illooqsuyStarts with SEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections

Word origin

1595–1605; From Late Latin sōliloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo ("Two Books of Soliloquies"), from sōlus (“only, sole”) + loquor (“to speak”).

Used in a sentence

  • At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.
  • Yet if I were to say […] that Hamlet's soliloquy had been much over-rated, it would not be said, on this account, that I was unable to appreciate Shakespeare.
  • The feeling of Singleton's bosom grew heightened in its tone of melancholy, and a more passionate emphasis of thought broke forth in his half-muttered soliloquy:— ¶"How I remember as I look […]

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