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VENTRILOQUISTIC. 112 VENTURE.
are mock dialogues in which the poet solu& playii the ventriloquist.
1885 Pail Mail G. 10 Jan. i/x The 'Ventriloqui:>t
of Varzin , who can pull the strings of three Imperial
Chancelleries.
attrib. 1850 X.^Q. Ser. i. II. 101 It can hardly be doubted
that the .Archbishop's miracle was a ventriloquist hoax.
b. Applied to birds or animals. Also attrib.
180a Paley Nat. TheoL x. § 5 .\ tuneful bird is a ventriloquist.
The seat of the song is in the breast. 1879 Jefkeries
Wild Life 218 The belief that the [corn-)crake is a ventriloqubt.
1895 Funk's Stand. Diet., Onappo (Braz[il]), a
reddish-gray nyctipithecine monkey or teetee (Callithrix
discolor). Called also veHtriloquiU-mo$tkey,
Ventriloc^uistic
prec. -h -ic]
(ventril()'kwi'stik), a, [f.
1. Using or practising ventriloquism.
In first quot. used to translate Gr. fy^Awrroyoarwp, which
' has also Men rendered by ventrilinguist '.
1830 tr. Aristophanes, Birds 1651 At PhanacUve a yi!-
Unous ventriloquistic race,.. and from these same ventriloqui>tic
PhUippi in Attica the tongue is severed in twain.
1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions 79 Hence the Seventy
scruple not to express their sense of the hebrcw Baalath
Ob, by rendering it a Ventriloquistic Woman.
2. 01 or pertaining to ventriloquism or ventriloquists
; ventriloquial.
1853 F. O. MoBRis Brit. Birds llh 182 This ventriloquistic
power is certainly very remarkable. 1873 B. Harte Fiddletown
32 He even uttered a short ventriloquistic laugh without
moving his mouth. 1885 H. O. Forbes JVai. IVand.
E. Arch. 72 Its deep and ventriloquistic voice.
Ventriloquize (ventri'Ukwaiz),
prec +-ii£.'\
V, [f, as
1. mlr. To use or practise ventriloquism ; to
speak or produce sounds in the manner of a ventri-
loquist ; to cast the voice.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm I. 297 When the corn-crake
..ventriloquises in the corn or grass. 1846 Landor Imag.
Conv. Wks. I. 148/2 The horses capered and neighed and
ventriloquized right and left. 1855 Kingsley Westiu. Ho!
ii. Leave thy caverned grumblings, . . and discourse eloquence
from thy central omphalos, like Pythoness ventriloquising.
1879 Jekfkries ll-'ild Life 219 Some say in like
manner that the starling ventriloquizes.
/ig, x83a CoLEKiDCE Table-t. 21 July, I have no admira.
tion for the practice of ventriloquizing through another
man's mouth. 1890 Spectator 1 Nov., It looks as if the new
Radicalism had entered into his soul and were ventriloquising
through his organisation.
2. trans. To utter as a ventriloquist.
1865 Spectator 14 Jan. 45 It is a falsehood ventriloquizing
truth. 1871 Farrar Witn, Hist. iv. 131 The little Temple,
up which the priests.. crept to ventriloquise behind the
deceptive statue their lying oracles. 1900 Dail^ Netvs
18 July z/5 He not only mimics but ventriloquises his
imitations.
Hence Ventri'loquizing vbL sb. Also aUrib.
1805 Eugenia de Acton Nuns 0/ Desert II. 52 Mrs.
Mervin's ventriloquising powers, exhibited in the church.
VentriloqaOTLS (ventri-Ukwas), a. [f. L.
venlriloqu-tts (see next) -l- -ous.]
1. Of persons : = Ventriloquistic a. i.
1713 Derham Fhys.'Tkeol. iv. vii. (1^27) 149 note^ In the
same Tract, Chap. 6 is this Observation of Ventriloquous
Persons. 1737 BvROM Rem. (1857) 116 There came the ventriloquous
fellow, who imitated a friend's voice out of his
moutn. 177S in Ash, and in later Diets.
2. Produced by or as by ventriloquy ; ventriloquial.
1768 G. White Selborne xvi, In breeding-time, snipes play
over the moors, piping and humming... Is not their hum
ventriloquous, like that of the turkey? 1844 H. Stephens
Bk. Farm III. 738 The harsh ventriloquous cry of the corncraik
amongst the grass. 1880 Caui-e Grandissimes (1898)
200 The dismal ventriloquous note of the rain-crow.
Obs, Usu. in pi. ventrilo-
II Veutri'loqnus.
qui. [L., f. venlri', venter belly -^ loqui to speak,
after Gr. iyyanTpifi.v$os. Cf. Ventriloque.] A
ventriloquist (esp. in the original sense).
The fem. ventrilogua (pi. -loqux) is employed by R. Scot
Discov. Witchcr. (1584) vii. i. 126 and xiii. 150.
X644D1GBV A^rt/. ^tf^iejxxviii. §2. 251 They that are called
ventriloqui, do persuade ignorant people that the Diuell
.speaketh from within them deepe in their belly, 1667 Fkil.
Trans. II. 603 How by a peculiar use of the Epiglottis, one
may come to speak inwardly, as do the Ventriloqui. 1706
Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) I. 306 Two or three pretty stories
. -of Ventriloqui, or those that speak in their bellies. 1748
Hartley Observ. Man 1. ii. § 5. 228 We may see how Ventriloqui,
or Persons that speak in their Throats, without
moving their Lips, impose upon the Audience. 176a Ann.
Reg. 1. 143/2 The known faculty many people called Kf/«/r/loqui
have had of uttering strange noises [etc-].
VentrilOCLUy (venlri-Ukwi). [ad. med. or
early mod.L, ventriloqui-utn (lUvenlriloquio ^ Sp.,
Fg. ventriloquia^ F. ventriloquic)^ f. L. vcntriloquus
: see prec]
1. « Vextriloquism (in both senses).
1584 R. Scot Discov. WitcJicr. vii. i. (1886) 101 A wench,
practising hir diabolical] witchcraftand ventriloquie An. 1574.
2IS4J Fuller Holy 4- Prof. St. u, ix. 83 Some have questioned
ventriloquie, when men strangely speak out of their
bellies, whether it can be done lawfully or no. a z68o Glan.
viLL Sadducismus u. (1684) 64 For Ventriloquy, or speaking
from the bottom of the Belly, 'tis a thing, .as strange.. as
anything in Witchcraft 1775 in Ash. 18x3 Examiner ^-^S
His excellent imitations of ventriloquy, 1843 Penny Cycl.
XXVI, 248/1 The lips and jaws being always somewhat
open during ventriloquy, a slight labial movement remains
unnoticed. 1889 MacColl Mr. Stranger's Sealed Packet
XXX, Vou would have put it all down to ventriloquy and
imposture.
% 2. (See quot.) Obsr^
16*3 CocKEKAM I, Ventriloquie^ diuination by the inwards
of beasts.
Ventrinei «. rare"^, [f. L, ventr-, venter
belly + -INK J.] Of or pertaining to the abdomen.
a 1859 De Quincev Posth. Wks. (i8gi) 1. 235 note.
Prompted by a principle that sank him to the level of the
brutes, viz., acquiescing in total ventrine improvidence.
t Ventrio*Se,rt. Obs.rare, \a.di.\^.veHtrids-uSy
f. ventri-f venter belly.] a, Bot. — Ventricose
a. I a. b. * GorbcUied '
(1727 in Bailey, vol. II).
1707 Sloane yrt/«a/ca(i725)ll. 60 Pods.. having here and
there eminences over the peas within, or being ventriose.
ibid. 59 Smooth ventriose pods.
Ventripotent (ventri-p^^tcnt), a. [a. Y.ventripotent
(Kabelais), f. L. ventri-^ venter belly +
potent-^ potens powerful, etc.]
1. Having a large abdomen ; big-bellied.
1611 CoTCR., VetJripotent, ventripotent,big-paunch, bellieable,
huge-guts. [Hence in Blount.] 1892 Harper's Mag.
Sept. 504/2 His mind is obviously not of the finest fibre, nor
his massive and ventripotent person either. 1905 Fitzmaurice-Kellv
Cer-i'antes in Eng. 5 The short, ventripotent
rustic [ = Sancho Panza].
2. Having great capacity of stomach gluttonous.
;
1823 New Monthly Mag. VII. 115 These ventripotent
melodists called up from the Ked Sea of my port and claret
all their buried swells, shakes, and cadences. 1837 Blachw.
Mag. XLII. 425 The ventripotent vermin \sc. fleas] were
in the midst of their meal, 1863 Ld, Lennox Biogr.
Reminiic. I. 303 Louis des huitres, as the ventripotent
monarch was called.
Hence Ventripoteiitial a. nonce-word,
1824 New Monthly Mag. XI, 313 A ventri -potential
citizen, into whose Mediterranean mouth good things are
perpetually flowing.
Ventre- (ve-ntr^?), comb, form, on Gr. models,
of Venter 1, occurring in various terms (chiefly
Anat* and Stirg.\ as ventro-a'xial a,, of or
pertaining to the ventral and axial portions of the
human trunk; ventro-doTsal a., of sections or
lines of direction : extending from venter to back;
hence ventro-dorsally 2Ay.\ ventro-i'nguinal a.,
of or jDcrtaining to the abdominal cavity and
the inguinal canal ; ventro-la'teral a.^ of or
belonging to the ventral and lateral sides of the
body; Yv^ncQ ventro-Iaterally^dw.', ventro-mo'aal,
-me'sial adjs.^ of or pertaining to, situated at or
on, the ventrimeson; ve:ntronudibra*neliiate a.
[cf. NuDiBUANCHiATE £Z.], characterized by having
naked gills depending from the ventral region ;
vehtro'podal a, [cf. Podal «.], walking with the
venter or breast touching the ground ; ventroposte*rior(7.,
situated on, pertaining to, the under
and hinder part of an organ, etc. ; ventro'tomy,
the operation of opening the abdomen by incision ;
abdominal section. (Cf. Ventui-.)
Various other terms, as ventrocystorrapky, -fixation,
-scopy, -suspension, etc., appear in recent Diets, or special
works.
1902 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 10) XXV. 399/1 These muscles may
be divided into two series— those of the trunk ("ventroaxial),
and those of the limb (appendicular). 1895 Funk's Stand.
Die'. S.V., *Ventro-dorsal. x888 Eticycl. Brit, XXIII. 613/1
When the heart contracts *ventro-dorsally. 1882 Wildeh
& Gage Anat. Technol. 28 *Ventroinguinal. 1835-6 Owen
in Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 522/1 *Ventro-lateral cartilages of
the mantle. 1883MARTIN & Moale Verteb. Dissect. 141 The
ventro-Iateral aspect of the trachea. 1888 Howes & Scott
Elem. Biol. (ed. 2) 95 Slitting open the body-wall "ventrolaterally.
1882 Wilder & Gage Anat. Technol. 36 The
line . . might be called dorso-lateral instead of dorso-sinistral;
or it might be called *ventro-mesal. 1872 Humphry Myology
8 The *ventro- mesial position and relations of the pelvic
bones. a _ x^-^ Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 289/2 The naked
branchial fringes . . indicate the In/ero or *Ventronudibranchiate
Order [of molluscs]. 1898 Shufeldt in Ibis Jan.
48 Audubon . .gave them [grebes] both the erect attitudes,as
well as, what may be termed, the *ventropodal ones. 1903
Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. Nov. 62 (Cent. Suppi.), I'he
*ventro-posterior Hinit of the proton. 1887 H. A. Reeves in
Brit, Med. Jrnl. 12 March 593 There is much need for a
single and simple word to express the operation of opening
the abdominal cavity, for whatever purpose. . . I would therefore
suggest the use of an etymologically hybrid word,
namely, * *ventrotomy *.
Ventro'se, a. rare~°, [ad. late L. ventrds-us,
f. venter belly.] (See quot. and Ventricose a.)
j8S9 Mavne Expos. Lex., Ventrosus^ having a belly, or
swellings like the belly ; ventrose.
Hence Ventre *sity, corpulence.
Diet.)
(1891 in Cent,
Ventr(o)us, -ly, obs. ff. Ventdrous, -ly.
tVe'ntuous,^. Obs. Also 5 ventuos, [Irreg.
f. L. ventu-s wind -(--ous.] Windy, flatulent.
Some other instances of the word in the same work (v. Ix.
and xvn. clxxxvi.)are due to mistranslation of the Latin text.
1398 Trevisa Barth. De P. R. xix. liv. (1495) 89s Rawe
hony not well clarefyed is ryght ventuous and bredyth
curlynge and swellyng in the wombe.
t Ve'ntnrable, «• Obs. rare. [f. Venture z/.]
a. Adventurable, attemptable. b. Venturous,
hazardous.
1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 390 That whiche is harde and
skarse venturable. 1597 J. Pavne Royal Exch. 34 Whose
valure and venturable servyLeMorte Art/i. z'&ii Launcelot saw ther was no
socoure, nedysse muste he hys venture abyde.
fb. -4 venture's stroke, one delivered at a venture
; a chance stroke. Obs.—^
£:x45o in Ret. Ant. I. 308 Come in with a rake in every
a syde, An hole rownde and an halfe, ^j-ath so hit betyde,
iiij. quarters and a lownd and a ventures stroke wyth.
C. At a venture, at random, by chance, without
due consideration or thought; = Adventure 3b.
1509 Hawes Fast. Fleas, iv. vii, Howe at a venture, and
by sodayne chaunce He met with Fame, by fortunes purueyaunce.
c 1590 Sir T. More iv. i. 157 Then, good Incnnation,
beginne at a venter. i6ox Fulbecke ist Ft. Farall.
15 Hut if the things aforesaid be not.. weighed or marked,
but be sold at a venture. 1611 Bible i Kings xxii. 34 A
certaine man drew a bow at a venture. 1696 Whiston Th.
Earth II. (1722) 215 *Tis possible that I may several times by
guess, or at a venture, hit upon it. 17*0 De Foe Capt.
Singleton xv. (1840) 256 They should rather ftre at a venture.
1780 CowPER Let, 2 June, I never in my life began
a letter more at a venture than the present. 1841 Lane
Arab. Nts. (Rtldg.) 77 As I no longer knew where I was, I
continued swimming at a venture. 1886 Mrs. Lvnn Linton
Paston Carew xvi, * And your mother was an Indian,' said
Lady Jane, drawing her bow at a venture.
1 2, Danger, jeopardy, hazard, or peril ; the
chance or risk of incurring harm or loss. Obs.
a. 1550 Crowley Last Trumpet 655 Thy lyfe thou must
put in venture For Christes congregation. 1634 Sir T. Her*
BERT Trav. 79 [He pressed] on the Persians, that they
desired to come off without more venture, and so.. retired
home. 1677 Varranjon Eng. Dnprov. 156 By this way the
Seed was put into the Husbandmans hand, and no venture
to him. C1705 Pope ^Jan. ^ May iS2Thc venture's greater,
I presume to say, To give your person, than your goods
away. i8a3 Scott Quentin D. xxviii, 'Nevertheless,' said
the King, *it is not our pleasure so to put thee in venture *.
^' '599 B* JoNSON Cynthia's Rev. i. lii. One that hath now
made the sixth returne upon venter. 1623 T. Scot Highw.
God 75 The venter and hazard is the buyers and the sellers,
but the certaine gaine fals betwixt both to the usurer. 1640
Habington Edw. IV, 90 When she perceived the Lords
earnest to have the Prince present in the battle, shee violently
opposed. In respect of his youth, want of experience,
and the so mighty venter.
t b. To run the venture of, to run the risk of.
172a De Foe Col. Jack (1840) i6g To run the venture of
tlie gallows rather than the venture of starving. 1729 Butler
Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 164 [He] had rather forego his known
right than run the venture of doing even a hard thing.
3. An act or occasion of trying one's chance or
fortune ; a course or proceeding the outcome of
which is uncertain, but which is attended by the
an enterprise, operation, or
risk of danger or loss ;
undertaking of a hazardous or risky nature.
a 1566 R. Edwards Damon iff Fithias Ej b, Gronno.
Wilt thou venter thy life for a man so fondly? Fithias. It
is no venter, my friende is iust, for whom I desire to die.
*( 1625 Fletcher Noble Gent. iv. i, I'll be your scholar, I
cannot lose much by the venture sure. 1665 Boyle Occas.
Kefi, Ded. Let. A 4 Yotu" Charity.. made you so resolute
and pressing to have me run a Venture, which you are
pkas'd to think but a very Small One. x6B6 tr. Chardin's
Trav. Persia 181 The rest, which they durst not remove, for
fear of endangering all at one venture. 1819 Shellev Peter
Bell 3rd vii.xxiii. No bailiff dared. . to enter ; A mai\ would
bear upon his face. For fifteen months,. .The yawn of such
a venture. 1856 Kane Arci. Expl. II. v. 60, I made the
desperate venture of sending off my . . huntsman . . to find the
Esquimaux. x868 Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) II. 326 He
deemed it better not to make his great venture till he bad
strengthened his force.
tran^f. 1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. I. 7 A kind of probationary
venture of the will.
t b. In the phrases to put in or to a (or the)
venture, to hazard or risk. Obs.
1638 R. Baker tr. .Sa/zac'j Lett.{\o\. II) 18, 1 have put my
selfe to the venture to goe as far as Gascogny to seek you
out. 1639 S. Du Verger x.r. Camus' Admir. Events loi He
resolved to put all in a venture. 164a D. Rogers Naaman
J46 How loath would I bee.. to have the matter put to a
venture, c 1670 M. Bkuce Gd. Neius in Evil Times, elc.
(1708) 33 This Love of Christ makes us put all to the venture
; what loss had thir poor Women that put their All to
the venture for him? 1700 S. L. tr. Fryke's Vopf. E. Ind.
323 As soon as they have paid their Debts, what is left they
put to the venture. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), To Adventure,
to venture, or put to the Venture, to hazard,
t c. To give the venture, to make the attempt.
1599 Hakluyt Voy. II. n. 58 That although the people
were blacke and naked, yet they were ciuiU : so that nee
would needs giue the venter without the consent of the rest
to go without weapon. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 194 'I'hen
Patroclus gave the venture. 165* Hevlin Cosmogr. 28
However I will give the venture, and make as. .profitable
a discovery, as the limes enable me, of the whole World.
d. An adventure or remarkable feat, incident,
etc. rare.
1810 Scott Lady of L. ni. 1, The race of yore, Who. .told
our marvelling boyhood legends store, Of their strange
ventures happ'd by land or sea. 1844 Kinglake Eoihen
vi, The ventures of the Greeks are surrounded by such a
multitude of imagined dangers, that [etc].
4. An enterprise of a business nature in which
there is considerable risk of loss as well as chance
of gain ;
a commercial speculation.