soliloquy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun speech you make to yourself
  2. noun a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections

Etymology

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”).

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