monologue
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈmɒnəlɒɡ//
- United States//ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ//
- United States//ˈmɑnəˌlɑɡ//
A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
noun
- 1
A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
- 2
A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
- 3
A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos)der. Middle French monologueder. ▲ Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English -logue English monologue First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). By surface analysis, mono- + -logue.
verb
- 1
To speak in or deliver a monologue.
Powerful parents, in her formulation, feeling themselves autonomous and powerful, give autonomy and power to their children; powerless ones, feeling themselves passive and controlled, in turn exert an excessive control on their children, and monologue at them, instead of having a dialogue with them.
Forms
- plural
- monologues
- past tense
- monologued
- past participle
- monologued
- present participle
- monologuing
- third person singular
- monologues
monologue · A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
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