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ventriloquistic, a.|vɛntrɪləˈkwɪstɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
1. Using or practising ventriloquism.
In first quot. used to translate Gr. ἐγγλωττογάστωρ, which has also been rendered by ‘ventrilinguist’.
1830tr. Aristophanes, Birds 1651 At Phanæ..live a villanous ventriloquistic race,..and from these same ventriloquistic Philippi in Attica the tongue is severed in twain. 1851G. S. Faber Many Mansions 79 Hence the Seventy scruple not to express their sense of the hebrew Baalath Ob, by rendering it a Ventriloquistic Woman.
2. Of or pertaining to ventriloquism or ventriloquists; ventriloquial.
1853F. O. Morris Brit. Birds III. 182 This ventriloquistic power is certainly very remarkable. 1873B. Harte Fiddletown 32 He even uttered a short ventriloquistic laugh without moving his mouth. 1885H. O. Forbes Nat. Wand. E. Arch. 72 Its deep and ventriloquistic voice. |