soliloquy
noun/səˈlɪləkwi/
/səˈlɪləkwi/
[countable, uncountable] (plural soliloquies)
- a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts; the act of speaking thoughts in this way
- Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, ‘To be or not to be…’
- the playwright’s use of soliloquy
Word OriginMiddle English: from late Latin soliloquium, from Latin solus ‘alone’ + loqui ‘speak’.Definitions on the go
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