Eloquence Definition
ĕlə-kwəns
noun
Speech or writing that is vivid, forceful, fluent, graceful, and persuasive.
Webster's New World
The art or manner of such speech or writing.
Webster's New World
Persuasive power.
Webster's New World
The quality of persuasive, moving, or graceful expression.
A passage of great eloquence.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- smoothness
- fluency
- oration
- rhetoric
- expression
- oratory
- fervor
- elocution
- discourse
- articulation
- gift-of-gab
- felicity of expression
- felicitousness
- dramatic power
- command of language
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Eloquence
Noun
Singular:
eloquence
Plural:
eloquencesOrigin of Eloquence
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From Old French eloquence, from Latin eloquentia.
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