See Also: eloquence(medicine)
eloquence(dictionary)

eloquence (iou)



eloquence noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French eloquence from Latin eloquentia, from eloquent-: see ELOQUENT, -ENCE.]
sing. & (arch.) in pl. The fluent, forcible, and apt use of language, so as to appeal to reason or emotion; the quality of being eloquent; eloquent language. LME.
Lytton Her father's eloquence had descended to her. R. Graves The loud, persistent eloquence of an auctioneer in the slave-market. fig.: L. Hudson His musical eloquence left wild beasts spellbound.
Speech in general. LME-M17.
The art of rhetoric. E17.