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Definition of Silver-tongued
1. Adjective. Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively. "Silver speech"
Similar to: Articulate
Derivative terms: Elocute, Eloquence, Facility, Fluency, Fluency, Fluency
Definition of Silver-tongued
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) eloquent, articulate, charming ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver-tongued
Literary usage of Silver-tongued
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Masterpieces of the Ohio Mound Builders: The Hilltop Fortifications by Emilius Oviatt Randall (1916)
"... "the hero of a hundred battles," or perchance a "silver-tongued orator" rousing
with his eloquence his fellows to deeds of valor, in whose honor his ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson (1911)
"... of Henry Smith, the Silver-Tongued Preacher, a selection edited by John Brown,
London, 1909. He wrote also Latin poetry, and some has been translated. ..."
3. Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-life in Plain English for Beginners by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
"... CHAPTER IX A silver-tongued FAMILY THE BLUEBIRD " IT will be difficult for
you to mistake this little blue-coat for any other bird. ..."
4. Heroes of Progress in America by Charles Morris (1919)
"WENDELL PHILLIPS, silver-tongued ORATOR AND REFORMER NEXT to William Lloyd
Garrison, Wendell Phillips was the most forceful opponent of the system of human ..."
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