ventriloquous

Questions

What does ventriloquous mean?

Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism.

Where does ventriloquous come from?

Latin ventriloquus (“a ventriloquist”); venter (“the belly”) + loqui, past participle locutus (“to speak”). See ventral and loquacious.

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