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soliloquy

n.
US //səˈɫɪɫəkwi// UK //səlˈɪləkwˌi// so·lil·o·quy Archaic
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1595–1605; From Late Latin sōliloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo ("Two Books of Soliloquies"), from sōlus (“only, sole”) + loquor (“to speak”).

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