mon|o|logue

mon|o|logue
mon|o|logue «MON uh lg, -log», noun.
1. a long speech by one person in a group; speech that monopolizes conversation: »

Mrs. Ellison's monologue ran on with scarcely a break from Kitty (William Dean Howells).

2. an entertainment by a single speaker: »

The comedian gives a monologue each night.

3. a play for a single actor: »

The monologue was playing in a small theater.

4. a scene or part of a play in which a single actor speaks alone: »

Shakespeare wrote many monologues into his plays about history.

5. a poem or other composition in which a single person speaks alone: »

Browning was master of the dramatic monologue.

[< rench monologue < Medieval Greek monologos < Greek mónos single + lógos speech, discourse]

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