ventriloquism
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- ventriloquial adjective
- ventriloquially adverb
- ventriloquist noun
- ventriloquistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of ventriloquism
1790–1800; ventriloqu ( y ) (< Medieval Latin ventriloquium, equivalent to Late Latin ventriloqu ( us ) a ventriloquist ( ventri- ventri- + -loquus, derivative of loquī to speak) + -ium -ium ) + -ism
Example Sentences
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The raps were not created through ventriloquism as some had suggested.
From Literature
You took ventriloquism to the highest level humanly possible and made it cool.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s something troubling about these twin acts of ventriloquism, Parny’s poem and Ravel’s music.
From New York Times
What we call ventriloquism, the ancient Greeks called gastromancy, believing the ventriloquist was speaking from the gut on behalf of the dead to the living.
From New York Times
He would be a willing puppet for their ventriloquism.
From Seattle Times
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