English Explanatory Dictionary

biloquism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.

Word forms

biloquism

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

biloquium

Related words

biloquial biloquist
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