- ventriloquy
- noun Date: 1584 ventriloquism 1
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Ventriloquy — Ven*tril o*quy, n. [Cf. F. ventriloquie.] Same as {Ventriloquism}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ventriloquy — 1580s, from L.L. ventriloquus, from L. venter (gen. ventris) belly (see VENTRAL (Cf. ventral)) + loqui speak (see LOCUTION (Cf. locution)). Patterned on Gk. engastrimythos, lit. speaking in the belly, which was not originally an entertainer s… … Etymology dictionary
ventriloquy — ventriloquist ► NOUN ▪ an entertainer who makes their voice seem to come from a dummy of a person or animal. DERIVATIVES ventriloquial adjective ventriloquism noun ventriloquy noun. ORIGIN from Latin venter belly + loqui speak … English terms dictionary
ventriloquy — ven·tril·o·quy (vĕn trĭlʹə kwē) n. Ventriloquism. * * * … Universalium
ventriloquy — noun Ventriloquism … Wiktionary
ventriloquy — ven tril·o·quy || ven trɪlÉ™kwɪ n. art of speaking so that the voice seems to come from a source other than the speaker … English contemporary dictionary
ventriloquy — ven·tril·o·quy … English syllables
ventriloquy — n. = VENTRILOQUISM … Useful english dictionary
ventriloquism — 1797, from VENTRILOQUY (Cf. ventriloquy) + ISM (Cf. ism) … Etymology dictionary
ventriloquist — 1650s, from VENTRILOQUY (Cf. ventriloquy) + IST (Cf. ist) … Etymology dictionary
