Soliloquized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To vocalize inner thoughts or feelings to oneself while in solitude
2. To perform a speech that reflects one's private musings, often in the absence of an audience
3. Expressed one's private thoughts aloud while alone, often revealing inner feelings or reflections

Etymology: Soliloquy comes from Latin "soliloquium," built from "solus" (alone) and "loqui" (to speak), so it literally means speaking alone. The verb "soliloquize" is simply that noun with the suffix "-ize" added, a formation that dates back through Middle French and Late Latin to Greek verbs ending in "-izein," which turned nouns and adjectives into verbs meaning "to make into" or "to behave like." The word "soliloquized" is the past tense of this verb, so it describes the act of having already spoken one's private thoughts aloud as if no one were listening. The surprise is how literal the original is: the Latin root packs an entire scene into it, a speaker who is alone yet speaking, which is exactly the situation the modern sense still describes.

Synonyms: monologued, spoke, addressed