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biloquism

biloquism noun: the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.

Noun

biloquism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
    • Though there was certainly an element of entertainment in Raphaelle's performances, ventriloquism, or "biloquism" as the new "science" was called, represented far more than entertainment in early-nineteenth-century America.1994, D. C. Ward and S. Hart, "Subversion and Illusion in the Life and Art of Raphaelle Peale," American Art, vol. 8, no. 3 and 4, p. 106
    Synonyms:
    biloquium

Synonyms of biloquism

Origin of biloquism

Possibly based on similar terms used by American novelist Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) in Wieland, or the Transformation: An American Tale (1798) and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (1805).

Questions about biloquism

What does biloquism mean?
Biloquism means the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
What part of speech is biloquism?
Biloquism is a noun.

Words near biloquism in the dictionary

  1. Bilopillia
  2. biloquial
  3. biloquialism
  4. biloquialist
  5. biloquialists
  6. biloquism
  7. biloquist
  8. biloquists
  9. biloquium
  10. bilos
  11. bilosome

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