Hypertext Webster Gateway: "soliloquy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soliloquy \So*lil"o*quy\, n.; pl. {Soliloquies}. [L.
soliloquium; solus alone + loqui to speak. See {Sole} ly, and
{Loquacious}.]
1. The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one
in solitude to one's self; monologue.
Lovers are always allowed the comfort of soliloquy.
--Spectator.
2. A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a
person says to himself.
The whole poem is a soliloquy. --Prior.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
soliloquy
n 1: speech you make to yourself [syn: {monologue}]
2: a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the
illusion of unspoken reflections
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