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ventriloquy

vent·ri·lo·quy

uncommon dated

noun

1.

the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist''s dummy)

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Origin

From Latin ventriloquium, from venter (“stomach”) + loquī (“to speak”).

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