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ventriloquy

ventriloquy noun: ventriloquism.

Noun

ventriloquy (countable and uncountable, plural ventriloquies)

  1. (dated) Ventriloquism.

Forms of ventriloquy

pluralventriloquies

Origin of ventriloquy

From Latin ventriloquium, from venter (“stomach”) + loquī (“to speak”). By surface analysis, ventri- + -loquy.

Words formed from ventriloquy

Questions about ventriloquy

What does ventriloquy mean?
Ventriloquy means ventriloquism.
What part of speech is ventriloquy?
Ventriloquy is a noun.
What is the plural of ventriloquy?
The plural of ventriloquy is ventriloquies.

Words near ventriloquy in the dictionary

  1. ventriloquized
  2. ventriloquizes
  3. ventriloquizing
  4. ventriloquous
  5. ventriloquously
  6. ventriloquy
  7. ventrimesal
  8. ventrimeson
  9. ventring
  10. ventripotent
  11. ventripotential

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