eloquence

eloquence
    n 1: 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" [syn: {eloquence}, {fluency},
         {smoothness}]
    

Eloquence \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.
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            Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance
            of the heart.                         --Hare.
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   2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and
      persuasive speech.
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            Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. --Pope.
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            The hearts of men are their books; events are their
            tutors; great actions are their eloquence.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   3. That which is eloquently uttered or written.
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            O, let my books be then the eloquence
            And dumb presagers of my speaking breast. --Shak.

   Syn: Oratory; rhetoric.
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ELOQUENCE, 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.
    

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "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