Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VEN-TRIL'O-QUIST
VEN-TRIL'O-QUISM, or VEN-TRIL'O-QUYVEN-TRIL'O-QUOUS
VEN-TRIL'O-QUIST, n.
One who speaks in such a manner that his voice appears to come from some distant place. The ancient ventriloquists seemed to speak from their bellies. – Encyc.
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