Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biloquist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bil-o-quist
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.

Example Sentences

"Back in Maisel, I was a biloquist. A common street performer. What you would call a ventriloquist."

Etymology

Probably coined by American novelist Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) in Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (1805).

Inflected Forms

biloquists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

biloquial biloquism biloquium

Questions

What does biloquist mean?: A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
Where does biloquist come from?: Probably coined by American novelist Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) in Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (1805).

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