About The Word Eloquence
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Eloquence
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What's The Definition Of Eloquence?
[n] powerful and effective language
Synonyms | Synonyms for Eloquence: fluency Related Terms | Find terms related to Eloquence: articulacy | articulateness | debating | declamation | demagogism | elocution | expression | expressiveness | facility of speech | facundity | fervor | force | forcefulness | forensics | homiletics | lecturing | meaningfulness | oratory | passion | platform oratory | power | public speaking | pyrotechnics | rabble-rousing | rhetoric | speaking | speechcraft | speechification | speeching | speechmaking | spirit | stump speaking | vigor | wordcraft See Also | expressive style | style Eloquence In Webster's Dictionary \El"o*quence\, n. [F. ['e]loquence, L. eloquentia, fr.
eloquens. See {Eloquent}.]
1. Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in
public; the power of expressing strong emotions in
striking and appropriate language either spoken or
written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.
Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance
of the heart. --Hare.
2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and
persuasive speech.
Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. --Pope.
The hearts of men are their books; events are their
tutors; great actions are their eloquence.
--Macaulay.
3. That which is eloquently uttered or written.
O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb
presagers of my speaking breast. --Shak.
Syn: Oratory; rhetoric.
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