monologue
noun
- long speech by one person
verb
- speak at length
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəlɒɡ/ / /ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ/ / /ˈmɑnəˌlɑɡ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mender. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Byzantine Greek μόνος (mónos) Byzantine Greek μονο- (mono-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Byzantine Greek λόγος (lógos) Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos)der. Middle French monologueder. ▲ Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English -logue English monologue First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). By surface analysis, mono- + -logue.
- A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
- A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
- A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mender. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Byzantine Greek μόνος (mónos) Byzantine Greek μονο- (mono-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Byzantine Greek λόγος (lógos) Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos)der. Middle French monologueder. ▲ Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English -logue English monologue First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). By surface analysis, mono- + -logue.
- To deliver a monologue.
“Powerful parents, in her formulation, feeling themselves autonomous and powerful, give autonomy and power to their children; powerless ones, feeling themselves passive and controlled, in turn exert an excessive control on their children, and monologue at them, instead of having a dialogue with them.”