Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eloquence"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

eloquence
n : powerful and effective language [syn: {fluency}]

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