monologue
/ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
noun
A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
Example Sentences
- "Powerful parents, in her formulation, feeling themselves autonomous and powerful, give autonomy and power to their children; powerless ones, feeling themselves passive and controlled, in turn exert an excessive control on their children, and monologue at them, instead of having a dialogue with them."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos)der. Middle French monologuebor. English monologue First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). By surface analysis, mono- + -logue.
Origin
- Source language: Middle French
- First known use: First attested in c. 1550
Word Breakdown
- Root: monologue, μονόλογος
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ/
- British English: /ˈmɒnəlɒɡ/