ventriloquy
ventriloquy · ventriloquies
VentriloquismVentriloquism.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, dated, uncountable)Ventriloquism.
More definitions
- the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)
Origin
From Latin ventriloquium, from venter (“stomach”) + loquī (“to speak”). By surface analysiFrom Latin ventriloquium, from venter (“stomach”) + loquī (“to speak”). By surface analysis, ventri- + -loquy.
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Forms
plural: ventriloquies| Singular | ventriloquy |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy):ventriloquism
Word family
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