Hypertext Webster Gateway: "monologue"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Monologue \Mon"o*logue\, n. [F. monologue, Gr. ? speaking alone;
mo`nos alone, single, sole + ? speech, discourse, ? to speak.
See {Legend}.]
1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk
or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as,
an account in monologue. --Dryden.
2. A dramatic composition for a single performer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
monologue
n 1: speech you make to yourself [syn: {soliloquy}]
2: a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents
others from participating in the conversation)
3: a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
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