soliloquize

[ suh-lil-uh-kwahyz ]

/ səˈlɪl əˌkwaɪz /

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verb (used without object), so·lil·o·quized, so·lil·o·quiz·ing.

to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.

verb (used with object), so·lil·o·quized, so·lil·o·quiz·ing.

to utter in a soliloquy; say to oneself.

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Also especially British, so·lil·o·quise .

Origin of soliloquize

First recorded in 1750–60; soliloqu(y) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM soliloquize

so·lil·o·quist

[suh-lil-uh-kwist], /səˈlɪl ə kwɪst/, so·lil·o·quiz·er, nounso·lil·o·quiz·ing·ly, adverb

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solidus, solifidian, solifluction, solifugid, Solihull, soliloquize, soliloquy, Soliman, Soliman I, Solimena, Solimões

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How to use soliloquize in a sentence

To hear Ruckus soliloquize is to be a fly on the wall in a country club locker room.
Aaron McGruder’s ‘The Boondocks’ Returns Without Aaron McGruder|Rich Goldstein|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Dear me," I soliloquize, while the contents of those bureau drawers are tossed here and there in the fever of my search.
Belford's Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3, February 1889|Various
He tried to soliloquize, to be facetious, to have his last grim laugh at life, but his lips made only incoherent sounds.
When God Laughs and Other Stories|Jack London
In speculation as in other things the Englishman trusts his inner man; his impulse is to soliloquize even in science.
Soliloquies in England|George Santayana

Senators of the Right were allowed to soliloquize eloquently.
The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906|Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead
I was beginning to soliloquize, when a rude voice beside me interrupted.
On the Lightship|Herman Knickerbocker Viel

British Dictionary definitions for soliloquize

soliloquize

soliloquise

/ (səˈlɪləˌkwaɪz) /

verb

(intr) to utter a soliloquy

Derived forms of soliloquize

soliloquist (səˈlɪləkwɪst), soliloquizer or soliloquiser, noun

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soliloquise

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