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{ } a. [ Cf. F. démonologique. ] Of or pertaining to demonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Demon + -logy: cf. F. démonologie. ] A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gnomon + -logy. Cf. Gnomonology. ] A treatise on gnomonics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Monologue. ] One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. monologue, Gr. &unr_; speaking alone; mo`nos alone, single, sole + lo`gos speech, discourse, le`gein to speak. See Legend. ] 1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dramatic composition for a single performer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]