silver-tongued

[ sil-ver-tuhngd ]
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adjective
  1. persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.

Origin of silver-tongued

1
First recorded in 1585–95; silver + tongue + -ed3

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How to use silver-tongued in a sentence

  • Lloyd George is what we in America, and especially those of us born in the South, call the "silver-tongued."

    The War After the War | Isaac Frederick Marcosson

British Dictionary definitions for silver-tongued

silver-tongued

adjective
  1. persuasive; eloquent: silver-tongued salesman

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