ventriloquusn.

Forms: Usually in plural ventriloqui.

Etymology: Latin, < ventri- , venter belly + loquī to speak, after Greek ἐγγαστρίμῡθος. Compare ventriloque n. and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: venˈtriloquus.

Obsolete.

A ventriloquist (esp. in the original sense). The feminine ventriloqua (plural -loquæ) is employed by R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. (1584) vii. i. 126 and xiii. 150.

ΚΠ

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxviii. 251 They that are called ventriloqui, do persuade ignorant people that the Diuell speaketh from within them deepe in their belly.

1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 603 How by a peculiar use of the Epiglottis, one may come to speak inwardly, as do the Ventriloqui.

1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 306 Two or three pretty stories..of Ventriloqui, or those that speak in their bellies.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. §5. 228 We may see how Ventriloqui, or Persons that speak in their Throats, without moving their Lips, impose upon the Audience.

1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 i. 143/2 The known faculty many people called Ventriloqui have had of uttering strange noises [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	ventriloquus
释义	ventriloquusn. Forms: Usually in plural ventriloqui. Etymology: Latin, < ventri- , venter belly + loquī to speak, after Greek ἐγγαστρίμῡθος. Compare ventriloque n. and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: venˈtriloquus. Obsolete. A ventriloquist (esp. in the original sense). The feminine ventriloqua (plural -loquæ) is employed by R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. (1584) vii. i. 126 and xiii. 150. ΚΠ 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxviii. 251 They that are called ventriloqui, do persuade ignorant people that the Diuell speaketh from within them deepe in their belly. 1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 603 How by a peculiar use of the Epiglottis, one may come to speak inwardly, as do the Ventriloqui. 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 306 Two or three pretty stories..of Ventriloqui, or those that speak in their bellies. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. §5. 228 We may see how Ventriloqui, or Persons that speak in their Throats, without moving their Lips, impose upon the Audience. 1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 i. 143/2 The known faculty many people called Ventriloqui have had of uttering strange noises [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1644
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