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Definition: Silver-tongued |
Silver-tonguedAdjective1. Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Silver-Tongued William Bates, the Puritan divine. (1625-1699.) Anthony Hammond, the poet, called Silver-tongue. (1668-1738.) Henry Smith, preacher. (1550-1600.) Joshua Sylvester, translator of Du Bartas. (1563-1618.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: Silver-tonguedSynonyms: eloquent (adj), facile (adj), fluent (adj), silver (adj), smooth-spoken (adj). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Tip to golden-toned, silver-tongued orators!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Silver-tongued" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Silver-tongued" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "silver-tongued"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gojëtar (eloquent, orator, rhetorician, well spoken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сладкогласен, сладкодумен (candied, eloquent, honey-mouthed, mellifluent, mellifluous), красноречив (demosthenic, eloquent, fair-spoken, fine-spoken, mellifluous, oratorical, speaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "责骂. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | aranyszájú. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 은 혀르 대". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jesh-loayrtagh (articulate, fair-spoken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilver-tonguedsay eloquente (ciceronian, eloquent, mealy mouthed, silver, speaking). (various references) elocvent (eloquent, graphic, graphical, persuasively, telling), convingãtor (cogent, conclusive, convincing, forcible, persuasive, potent, stringent, strong). (various references) сладкоречивый (honeymouthed, honey-mouthed, mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-talking, smooth-tongued, soft spoken). (various references) slatkorečiv (honeymouthed, mealymouthed, oily, smooth spoken, smooth tongued). (various references) con pico de oro. (various references) iyi hatip, güzel konuşan (conversational, eloquent, well spoken). (various references) солодкомовний (mealy mouthed, soft spoken). (various references) hùng biện; hùng h"n. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-u-v" | |
-1 letter: overindulges. | |
-2 letters: delustering, outdelivers, overindulge, stevedoring. | |
-3 letters: disgruntle, euglenoids, gerundives, interludes, longitudes, negritudes, outdeliver, outserving, overdesign, redingotes, tendrilous, ungodliest, unresolved, volunteers. | |
-4 letters: deletions, delousing, deserting, desertion, deserving, detouring, deuterons, devesting, devouring, divergent, divulgers, dolerites, duvetines, eloigners, engirdles, euglenoid, eulogised, evildoers, genitures, gerundive, glistened, glistered, goldenest, groundsel, gueridons, indulgers, interlude, involuted, involutes, longitude, lustering, negritude. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 6C 76 65 72 2D 74 6F 6E 67 75 65 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01101100 01110110 01100101 01110010 00101101 01110100 01101111 01101110 01100111 01110101 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i l v e r - t o n g u e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 006C 0076 0065 0072 002D 0074 006F 006E 0067 0075 0065 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5375788871841586818073877170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albán, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bolgár, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kínai, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , magyar, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugál, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, román, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, orosz, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, spanyol, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrán, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , angol, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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