soliloquy
noun /səˈlɪləkwi/
/səˈlɪləkwi/
[countable, uncountable] (plural soliloquies)
- a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts; the act of speaking thoughts in this way
- Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, ‘To be or not to be…’
- the playwright’s use of soliloquy
WordfinderTopics Film and theatrec2- comedy
- denouement
- dialogue
- drama
- dramatic irony
- play
- scene
- set
- soliloquy
- speech
Word OriginMiddle English: from late Latin soliloquium, from Latin solus ‘alone’ + loqui ‘speak’.