soliloquy
/səˈlɪləkwi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To issue a soliloquy.
Example Sentences
- "At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist."
- "Yet if I were to say […] that Hamlet's soliloquy had been much over-rated, it would not be said, on this account, that I was unable to appreciate Shakespeare."
- "The feeling of Singleton's bosom grew heightened in its tone of melancholy, and a more passionate emphasis of thought broke forth in his half-muttered soliloquy:— ¶"How I remember as I look […]"
- "Here is a very over-simplified example, this time expressed in the form of a subjective soliloquy rather than a computer simulation."
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”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: sōliloquium