See Also: monologue(dictionary)
monologue(dictionary)

monologue (iou)



monologue noun & verb. E17.
[French, formed as MONO- + -LOGUE: cf. late Greek monologos speaking alone.]
A. noun. Also *monolog.
1. A person who monopolizes conversation. Only in E17.
2. A scene in a drama in which one person speaks alone. Also, a dramatic composition for a single performer; a dramatic entertainment performed throughout by one person. M17.
E. Holmes The opera began with a monologue. B. Reid I learned monologues from her, and she saw that I had acting potential.
b. The form or style of dramatic scenes or compositions for one person. M17.
Dryden He also gives you an account of himself..in monologue.
c. A literary composition in the form of a soliloquy, spec. in Old English verse. M19.
3. A long speech or harangue delivered by one person in company or in conversation; talk or discourse of the nature of a soliloquy. M19.
P. H. Gibbs He..held everybody spellbound by a brilliant monologue on post-war problems. R. P. Jhabvala They weren't conversations..they were monologues.
B. verb intrans. = MONOLOGIZE. E19.
monologian noun (rare) = MONOLOGIST E17.
monology noun (a) a monologue; (b) the habit of monologizing: E17.