Ven-tril'o-quism, n.

n. [Fr. ventriloquie, It. ventriloquio, from Lat. ventriloquus, speaking from the belly. See infra.] The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person, but from some other place, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, &c.