ventriloquial
ventriloquial · more ventriloquial · most ventriloquial
Of or relating to ventriloquyOf or relating to ventriloquy.
/vɛntɹɪˈləʊkwɪəl/
» Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, psittaceous vacuity, ventriloquial verbosity, and vaniloquent vapidity.
Meaning
3 sensesOf or relating to ventriloquy.
Spoken to oneself.
Of bird vocalisations, sounding as though emanating from a location other than where the vocalising bird is.
Examples
1 sentencesSedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, psittaceous vacuity, ventriloquial verbosity, and vaniloquent vapidity.
Origin
From ventriloquy + -al.From ventriloquy + -al.
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Forms
more ventriloquial, most ventriloquial| Comparative | more ventriloquial Lesson |
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| Superlative | most ventriloquial Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedventriloquially
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form