eloquent

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Not on its base Monadnoc surer stood, Than he to common sense and common good: No mimic; from his breast his counsel drew, Believed the eloquent was aye the true; He bridged the gulf from th' alway good and wise To that within the vision of small eyes.

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  1. adjective Characterized by persuasive, powerful discourse: an eloquent speaker; an eloquent sermon.
  2. adjective Vividly or movingly expressive: a look eloquent with compassion. See Synonyms at expressive.

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  • Hers was an old age of positive beauty,--a decadence which had all the lustre of The setting moon upon the western wave It was only when her features were accidentally contrasted with those of such a mild, eloquent, and soul-revealing face as the one bending over her that defects struck the eye,--defects which the ravages of time had done less to produce than the workings of a stern and haughty character But Madeleine's countenance how shall we portray? —  Fairy Fingers A Novel
  • The youth, being handsome, eloquent, and, above all, highly complimentary to the charms of the lady, she was persuaded without much difficulty to lend him the key, but gave him strict orders not to remove any thing. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
  • True enthusiasm is always persevering and always eloquent, and these two qualities were united in no common degree in the person of this extraordinary preacher. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
  • She liked Dr. Erskine's sermons; but was not fond of the Principal's, however rational, eloquent, and well composed, and would, if other things had answered, have gone when he preached, to have heard Dr. Davidson. Mrs. Scott was a descendant of Dr. Daniel Rutherford, a professor in the Medical School of Edinburgh, and one of those eminent men, who, by learning and professional skill, brought it to the high pitch of celebrity to which it has attained. —  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)
  • Mr. Justice Montagu was an acute, eloquent, and impartial judge, but passionate and eccentric. —  The History of Tasmania, Volume I
 

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passionate ·  able ·  thoughtful ·  witty ·  pathetic ·  vivid ·  sympathetic ·  persuasive ·  expressive
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ēloquēns, ēloquent-, present participle of ēloquī, to speak out; see elocution.

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  1. = French éloquent = Provencal eloquen = Spanish elocuente = Portuguese Italian eloquente, from Latin eloquen(t-)s, speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent, present participle of eloqui, speak out, from e, out, + loqui, speak.
 

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