Eloquence
['eləkwəns] or ['ɛləkwəns]
Definition
(noun.) powerful and effective language; 'his eloquence attracted a large congregation'; 'fluency in spoken and written English is essential'; 'his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police'.
Editor: Olivia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.
(n.) That which is eloquently uttered or written.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Oratory, art of speaking well (in public).[2]. Graceful and vigorous utterance, fit words in fit places, appropriate expression.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ELOCUTION]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Examples
- If Dr. Franklin did not aspire after the splendour of eloquence, it was only because the demonstrative plainness of his manner was superior to it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Girls are quick to read such signs and feel their eloquence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The originality of his principles, his eloquence, and his great physical strength and beauty created a profound sensation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Here Mr. Muzzle, who had a great notion of his eloquence, in which he imitated his master, paused for a reply. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When Dora hung her head and cried, and trembled, my eloquence increased so much the more. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There is something in the eloquence of the pulpit, when it is really eloquence, which is entitled to the highest praise and honour. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But eloquence is not always necessary. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- And after this preface, he tried with all his eloquence to effect a reconciliation between Rawdon and his wife. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This was the substance of Mr. Sidney's defence: but neither law, nor reason, nor eloquence, nor innocence ever availed where _Jefferies_ sat as judge. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- With those words, I handed it to her open, at a marked passage--one continuous burst of burning eloquence! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Age and heat have not diminished the activity or the eloquence of the descendant of the Malonys and the Molloys. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Has a girl of fourteen a heart large enough, vigorous enough, to hold the swelling spring of pure, full, fervid eloquence? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He has a great deal of eloquence at his command, undoubtedly, but I am not quite favourable to his style myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I was full of eloquence. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- McClernand spoke first; and Logan followed in a speech which he has hardly equalled since for force and eloquence. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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