biloquium

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von biloquium im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

You are not apprized of the existence of a power which I possess. I know not by what name to call it. 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..

Synonyme

biloquism

Etymologie

() Probably coined by American novelist Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810).