soliloquize

[suh-lil-uh-kwahyz]

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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.

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

Origin of soliloquize

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

Related formsso·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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Examples from the Web for soliloquize

Contemporary Examples

To hear Ruckus soliloquize is to be a fly on the wall in a country club locker room.
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Rich Goldstein
April 21, 2014

Historical Examples

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
"He might have done worse," I heard my Guardian soliloquize.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V
Various
And the rest of us are to sit and twiddle our thumbs while you soliloquize?
The Idiot at Home
John Kendrick Bangs
The light went out, of its own accord, and Aguirre continued to soliloquize, without knowing what he was saying.
Luna Benamor
Vicente Blasco Ibez

British Dictionary definitions for soliloquize

soliloquize

soliloquise

verb

(intr) to utter a soliloquy

Derived Formssoliloquist (səˈlɪləkwɪst), soliloquizer or soliloquiser, noun

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Word Origin and History for soliloquize

v.

1759, from soliloquy + -ize. Related: Soliloquized; soliloquizing.

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Examples from the Web for soliloquize

Contemporary Examples

To hear Ruckus soliloquize is to be a fly on the wall in a country club locker room.

Historical Examples

Senators of the Right were allowed to soliloquize eloquently.

I was beginning to soliloquize, when a rude voice beside me interrupted.

"He might have done worse," I heard my Guardian soliloquize.

And the rest of us are to sit and twiddle our thumbs while you soliloquize?

The light went out, of its own accord, and Aguirre continued to soliloquize, without knowing what he was saying.

soliloquize

soliloquise

Word Origin and History for soliloquize

v.

Origin of soliloquize