soliloquy

Meanings

Noun

• The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
• A speech or written discourse in this form.

Verb

• To issue a soliloquy.

Related

Similar words

• soliloquize

Broader meaning words

• locution
• oration

Origin

• 1595–1605; From Late Latin sōliloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo ("Two Books of Soliloquies"), from sōlus + loquor.