monologue

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun speech you make to yourself
  2. noun a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
  3. noun a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor

Etymology

First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). By surface analysis, mono- + -logue.

In classic literature

Synonyms

soliloquy

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