biloquism

English - Turkish

Definition of biloquism in English Turkish dictionary

İki farklı sesle konuşabilme yetisi

English - English

Definition of biloquism in English English dictionary

The ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist

Though there was certainly an element of entertainment in Raphaelle's performances, ventriloquism, or biloquism as the new science was called, represented far more than entertainment in early-nineteenth-century America.

The ability to speak in two distinct voices

Synonyms

biloquium

Etymology

() Possibly based on similar terms used by American novelist Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) in Wieland, or the Transformation: An American Tale (1798) and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (1805).