单词 | ventriloque |
释义 | ventriloquen.adj. rare. A. n. A ventriloquist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > ventriloquist ventriloquist1656 ventriloquea1680 gastriloquist1785 polyphonist1836 vent1893 a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 63 This Pythoness being a Ventriloque, that is, speaking as it were from the bottom of her Belly. B. adj. Ventriloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > speaking or appearing to speak from the abdomen > uttered as if from the abdomen ventriloquous1768 ventriloque1826 ventriloquial1836 ventriloquistic1853 ventriloqual1864 1826 T. Hood Irish Schoolmaster iii, in Whims & Oddities 122 And oft, indeed, the inward of that gate, Most ventriloque, doth utter tender squeak. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 313 The voice of the birds..is also made up partly of echo-notes, in all cases where it is ventriloque, or varies in apparent place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.adj.a1680 |
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