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Vinony

ventriloquism

noun

  1. ability to throw one's voice
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English ventriloquy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ventriloquism From ventriloquy + -ism.

  1. The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.