silver-tongued
Syllables: sil·ver-tonguedUK/ˌsɪlvəˈtʌŋd/US/ˌsɪlvəɹˈtʌŋd/
silver-tongued adjective: articulate and charming in speech; eloquent; also, having a pleasant-sounding voice or way of speaking.
Adjective
silver-tongued (comparative more silver-tongued, superlative most silver-tongued)
- Articulate and charming in speech; eloquent; also, having a pleasant-sounding voice or way of speaking.
- silver-tongued devil
- Siluer tongu'd Smith whoſe well tun'd ſtile hath made thy death the generall teares of the Muſes, queintlie couldſt thou deuiſe heauenly Ditties to Apollos Lute, and teach ſtately verſe to trip it as ſmoothly, as if Ouid and thou had but one ſoule.1592, Thomas Nash[e], Pierce Penilesse His Supplication to the Deuill. […], London: […] [John Charlewood for] Richard Ihones, […], →OCLC, signature D3, verso
- Synonyms:
- glib, golden-tongued, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, sweet-spoken, birdsweet, dulcet, mellifluent, mellifluous, ariose
silver-tongued meaning in Tamil
silver-tongued in Tamil
- நாநலம் படைத்த
Examples of silver-tongued in a sentence
- [T]he statesman, whose inward feelings had at first so much impeded his efforts to make himself known, had now regained all the ease and fluency of a silver-tongued lawyer of the very highest order.1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter I, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume II (The Bride of...
- Philips—Sergeant Gerheim's black, silver-tongued House Mouse—is telling everybody about the one thousand cherries he has busted.1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 20:
Synonyms of silver-tongued
- glib
- golden-tongued
- honey-mouthed
- honey-tongued
- sweet-spoken
- birdsweet
- dulcet
- mellifluent
- mellifluous
- ariose
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Forms of silver-tongued
| comparative | more silver-tongued |
|---|---|
| superlative | most silver-tongued |
Origin of silver-tongued
From silver (“(noun) lustrous, white, metallic element; (adjective) consisting or made of silver; (figurative) soft and clear in sound; eloquent”) + tongued (“having a particular manner of speaking”), referring to the clear musical tone produced when silver is struck.
Words formed from silver-tongued
Questions about silver-tongued
- What does silver-tongued mean?
- Silver-tongued means articulate and charming in speech; eloquent; also, having a pleasant-sounding voice or way of speaking.
- What is silver-tongued in Tamil?
- Silver-tongued in Tamil is நாநலம் படைத்த. See Silver-tongued meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use silver-tongued in a sentence?
- [T]he statesman, whose inward feelings had at first so much impeded his efforts to make himself known, had now regained all the ease and fluency of a silver-tongued lawyer of the very highest order.
- What part of speech is silver-tongued?
- Silver-tongued is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce silver-tongued?
- Silver-tongued is pronounced /ˌsɪlvəˈtʌŋd/ (UK).
Words near silver-tongued in the dictionary
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