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ventriloquus
‖ venˈtriloquus Obs. Usu. in pl. ventriloqui. [L., f. ventri-, venter belly + loquī to speak, after Gr. ἐγγαστρίµῡθος. Cf. ventriloque.] A ventriloquist (esp. in the original sense). The fem. ventriloqua (pl. -loquæ) is employed by R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. (1584) vii. i. 126 and xiii. 150.1644 Digby...
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ventriloque
ˈventriloque, n. and a. rare. [Anglicized form of ventriloquus: cf. F. ventriloque.] a. n. A ventriloquist. b. adj. Ventriloquial.1681 Glanvill Evid. Witches London ii. 63 This Pythoness being a Ventriloque, that is, speaking as it were from the bottom of her Belly. 1826 Hood Irish Schoolm. iii, And...
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ventriloquy
ventriloquy (vɛnˈtrɪləkwɪ) [ad. med. or early mod.L. ventriloqui-um (It. ventriloquio, Sp., Pg. ventriloquia, F. ventriloquie), f. L. ventriloquus: see prec.] 1. = ventriloquism (in both senses).1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. vii. i. (1886) 101 A wench, practising hir diabolicall witchcraft and ventr...
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