VENTRILOQUISM
Ven*tril"o*quism, n. Etym: [See Ventriloquous.]
Defn: The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc.
VENTRILOQUIST
Ven*tril"o*quist, n.
Defn: One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism. Ventriloquist monkey (Zoöl.), the onappo; — so called from the character of its cry.
VENTRILOQUIZE
Ven*tril"o*quize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ventriloquized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ventriloquizing .]
Defn: To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist.
VENTRILOQUOUS
Ven*tril"o*quous, a. Etym: [L. ventriloquus a ventriloquist; venter
the belly + loqui, p. p. locutus, to speak. See Ventral, and
Loquacious.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism.
VENTRILOQUY
Ven*tril"o*quy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ventriloquie.]
Defn: Same as Ventriloquism.