soliloquy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun speech you make to yourself
    monologue.
  2. noun a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections

WordNet

So*lil"o*quy noun
Etymology
L. soliloquium; solus alone + loqui to speak. See Sole ly, and Loquacious.
Wordforms
plural Soliloquies
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913