biloquium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

biloquium

Etymology

Probably coined by American novelist Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810), from the Latin bi- (“two”) + loquor (“to speak”) + -ium.

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