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   eloquence

   /ˈɛləkw(ə)ns/

   noun

   • 1. fluent or persuasive speaking or writing: "a preacher of great power and eloquence" Similar oratoryrhetoricgrandiloquencemagniloquenceexpressivenessarticulacyarticulatenessfluencyfacilitypersuasivenessdictionenunciationlocutioncommand of languagepower of speechinformal:gift of the gabway with wordsblarneyOpposite inarticulacy

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin eloquentia, from eloqui ‘speak out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + loqui ‘speak’.

   Scrabble Points: 20

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