eloquence

pronunciation

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Noun:

powerful and effective language

Word Origin

eloquence (n.): late 14c., from Old French eloquence (12c.), from Latin eloquentia, from eloquentem (nominative eloquens) "eloquent," present participle of eloqui "speak out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + loqui "to speak" (see locution). Earlier in same sense was eloquency (mid-14c.).

Synonym

n.

of elocution fluency cogency words command oratory articulation with power language speech persuasiveness way forcefulness expressiveness rhetoric

Example

1. Eloquence or skill in making speeches to the public .

2. Pessimists reply that his eloquence encourages protectionist sentiment .

3. I want him to show us the fruits that blossom from his tree of eloquence .

4. His birth , background and eloquence , they believe , give him almost magical qualities .

5. The historian isaac deutscher depicts the situation with his usual matchless eloquence .

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