monologize

English

Alternative forms

• monologise

Verb

monologize (third-person singular simple present monologizes, present participle monologizing, simple past and past participle monologized)

1. (intransitive) To deliver a monologue.
   • 1892, George Gissing, chapter 26, in Denzil Quarrier:

     "No, Mr. Blenkinsop," he replied to the submissive curate, standing on his hearth-rug at full height and regarding the cornice as his habit was when he began to monologize—"no, I find it impossible to entertain such an accusation."

2. (transitive, rare) To deliver in the form of a monologue.

Synonyms

• monologue (verb)

Translations

Translations

• German: einen Monolog halten, monologisieren (de)
• Maori: whaikī tōtahi

See also

• soliloquize

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.