"ventriloquy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ventriloquies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin ventriloquium, from venter (“stomach”) + loquī (“to speak”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ventriloquium}} Latin ventriloquium Head templates: {{en-noun|~|ventriloquies}} ventriloquy (countable and uncountable, plural ventriloquies)
  1. (dated) Ventriloquism. Wikipedia link: ventriloquy Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Talking Derived forms: ventriloquial, ventriloquism, ventriloquist

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