eloquence
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eloquence (ˈɛləkwəns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | ease in using language to best effect |
| 2. | powerful and effective language |
| 3. | the quality of being persuasive or moving |
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Eloquence
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
eloquence
late 14c., from O.Fr. eloquence, from L. eloquentia, from eloquentem (nom. eloquens), prp. of eloqui "speak out," from ex- "out" + loqui "speak."
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Example sentences
We were struck by the eloquence of your words in describing your situation.
His words are remembered for their eloquence and honesty and his actions reflect the strength of his convictions.
Upon the silent eloquence of night.
Nor does the splendour of its eloquence show any falling off from that exemplar.
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