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ventriloquous, a.|vɛnˈtrɪləkwəs|
[f. L. ventriloqu-us (see next) + -ous.]
1. Of persons: = ventriloquistic a. 1.
1713Derham Phys.-Theol. iv. vii. (1727) 149 note, In the same Tract, Chap. 6 is this Observation of Ventriloquous Persons. 1737Byrom Rem. (1857) 116 There came the ventriloquous fellow, who imitated a friend's voice out of his mouth. 1775in Ash, and in later Dicts.
2. Produced by or as by ventriloquy; ventriloquial.
1768G. White Selborne xvi, In breeding-time, snipes play over the moors, piping and humming... Is not their hum ventriloquous, like that of the turkey? 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 738 The harsh ventriloquous cry of the corn⁓craik amongst the grass. 1880Cable Grandissimes (1898) 200 The dismal ventriloquous note of the rain-crow. |