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English Dictionary: soliloquy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soliloquy
n
  1. speech you make to yourself
    Synonym(s): soliloquy, monologue
  2. a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Soliloquy \So*lil"o*quy\, n.; pl. {Soliloquies}. [L.
      soliloquium; solus alone + loqui to speak. See {Sole} ly, and
      {Loquacious}.]
      1. The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one
            in solitude to one's self; monologue.
  
                     Lovers are always allowed the comfort of soliloquy.
                                                                              --Spectator.
  
      2. A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a
            person says to himself.
  
                     The whole poem is a soliloquy.            --Prior.
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