English-Thai Dictionary

eloquence

N การ พูดคล่อง มี คารม คมคาย  rhetoric oratory dullness silence

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELOQUENCE

n.[L. eloquentia, from eloquor, loquor, to speak; Gr. to crack, to sound, to speak. The primary sense is probably to burst with a sound; a fissure, from the same root; whence, to open or split; whence L. lacero, to tear; and hence perhaps Eng. a leak. ] 1. Oratory; the act or the art of speaking well, or with fluency and elegance. Eloquence comprehends a good elocution or utterance; correct; appropriate and rich expressions, with fluency, animation and suitable action. Hence eloquence is adapted to please, affect and persuade. Demosthenes in Greece, Cicero in Rome, lord Chatham and Burke in Great Britain, were distinguished for their eloquence in declamation, debate or argument.
2. The power of speaking with fluency and elegance.
3. Elegant language, uttered with fluency and animation.
She uttereth piercing eloquence.
4. It is sometimes applied to written language.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELOQUENCE

El "o *quence, n. Etym: [F. éloquence, 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

eloquence

el o quence |ˈeləkwəns ˈɛləkwəns | ▶noun fluent or persuasive speaking or writing: a preacher of great power and eloquence. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin eloquentia, from eloqui ‘speak out, ’ from e- (variant of ex- )‘out ’ + loqui ‘speak. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

eloquence

eloquence |ˈɛləkwəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] fluent or persuasive speaking or writing: a preacher of great power and eloquence. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin eloquentia, from eloqui ‘speak out ’, from e- (variant of ex- )‘out ’ + loqui ‘speak ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

eloquence

eloquence noun the eloquence of his sermons: fluency, articulateness, expressiveness, silver tongue, persuasiveness, forcefulness, power, potency, effectiveness; oratory, rhetoric, grandiloquence, magniloquence; informal gift of (the ) gab, way with words.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

eloquence

eloquence noun 1 he was known for the eloquence of his sermons: oratory, rhetoric, grandiloquence, magniloquence; expressiveness, articulacy, articulateness, fluency, facility, persuasiveness; diction, enunciation, locution; command of language, power of speech; informal gift of the gab, way with words, blarney. ANTONYMS inarticulacy. 2 the quality and eloquence of the string playing: expressiveness, sensitivity, meaningfulness, significance, suggestiveness.

 

French Dictionary

éloquence

éloquence n. f. nom féminin Art de parler, d ’émouvoir, de persuader. : Avec son éloquence, Marie-Ève arrivera à les convaincre de participer. SYNONYME verve . Note Orthographique éloqu en ce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

eloquence

el o quence /éləkwəns /名詞 U 雄弁, 能弁, 巧みな話術 ▸ with eloquence 雄弁に (eloquently )