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soliloquize

[ suh-lil-uh-kwahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, so·lil·o·quized, so·lil·o·quiz·ing.
  1. to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.


verb (used with object)

, so·lil·o·quized, so·lil·o·quiz·ing.
  1. to utter in a soliloquy; say to oneself.

soliloquize

/ səˈlɪləkwɪst; səˈlɪləˌkwaɪz /

verb

  1. intr to utter a soliloquy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • soliloquist, noun
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Other Words From

  • so·lil·o·quist [s, uh, -, lil, -, uh, -kwist], so·lilo·quizer noun
  • so·lilo·quizing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of soliloquize1

First recorded in 1750–60; soliloqu(y) + -ize
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Example Sentences

He shook his head as if I were lying or whining, then soliloquized about Carlson’s defense of traditional masculinity.

As Liddy soliloquizes, the camera backs out slowly to reveal his hand held over a flame, an apparent display of his willingness to endanger himself in service of the president.

At moments, he soliloquizes on topics such as beauty and metaphors.

To break up the monotony of the two-person chat screen, the actors sometimes stand farther away from the camera, and sometimes soliloquize in private messages to each other.

At the end, a Black man soliloquizes to an empty auditorium.

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