Category:Soliloquy

So*lil"o*quy, n.; pl. Soliloquies. Etym: [l. soliloquium; solus alone + loqui to speak. See sole ly, and loquacious.]

1. The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in Solitude to one's self; monologue. Lovers are always allowed the comfort of soliloquy. Spectator.

2. A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says To himself. The whole poem is a soliloquy. Prior.