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Biloquium vs Biloquial - What's the difference?

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Biloquium is a related term of biloquial.


In rare|lang=en terms the difference between biloquium and biloquial

is that biloquium is (rare) the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist while biloquial is (rare) of, pertaining to, or possessing the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.

As a noun biloquium

is (rare) the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.

As an adjective biloquial is

(rare) of, pertaining to, or possessing the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.

biloquium

English

Noun

(-)
  • (rare) The ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
  • * 1798 , , Wieland, or the Transformation: An American Tale , ch. 22:
  • *:"You are not apprized of the existence of a power which I possess. I know not by what name to call it. [* Biloquium , or ventrilocution. Sound is varied according to the variations of direction and distance. . . .] It enables me to mimic exactly the voice of another, and to modify the sound so that it shall appear to come from what quarter, and be uttered at what distance I please."
  • Synonyms

    * biloquism

    biloquial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare) Of, pertaining to, or possessing the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
  • * 1805 , , Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist , ch. 5:
  • Deception was often unnecessarily practised, and my biloquial faculty did not lie unemployed . . . . Standing one evening on the steps of the great altar, this devout friar expatiated on the miraculous evidences of his religion; and, in a moment of enthusiasm, appealed to San Lorenzo, whose martyrdom was displayed before us. No sooner was the appeal made than the saint, obsequious to the summons, whispered his responses from the shrine.

    References

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