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monologist|məˈnɒlədʒɪst|
[f. Gr. µονόλογ-ος (see monologue) + -ist.]
One who talks in monologue, one who soliloquizes; also, one who monopolizes the conversation. See also monologuist.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. Misc. iii. ii. 185 Thus our Monologist, or Self-discoursing Author, in his usual Strain. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Monologist, one that loves to have all the Talk to himself. 1848Gilfillan in Tait's Mag. XV. 279 A lecturer, in the common sense of the term, he is not; call him rather a public monologist, talking rather to himself than to his audience. 1882Athenæum No. 2841. 435 When monologist meets monologist mutual admiration rarely results. 1885E. C. Stedman in Century Mag. XXIX. 509 The Autocrat..is always acute,—the liveliest of monologists.
b. One who performs monologues.
1858Sat. Rev. 7 Aug. 133 An indifferent troupe of actors can produce an excitement far beyond that which is caused by the pert song or flippant anecdote of the most accomplished monologist. 1892Speaker 30 July 141/2 One prominent comedian and monologist of the Comédie Française. |