ˈeləkwən(t)s sometimes -lēk- or -lik- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin eloquentia, from eloquent-, eloquens + -ia -y
1.
a. : discourse marked by force and persuasiveness suggesting strong feeling or deep sincerity ; especially : discourse marked by apt and fluent diction and imaginative fervor
the poetry of western nations is eloquence in meter — George Santayana
b. : the art or power of using such discourse
Plato's eloquence and moral fervor — G.R.Morrow
2. : forceful or persuasive usually oral expressiveness
he convinces himself by the sheer eloquence of his own voice — H.J.Laski
the eloquence of the photographs — Times Literary Supplement
3. archaic : rhetoric