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silver-tongued
silver-tongued
(literary) a silver-tongued person speaks to someone in a pleasant way and praises them in order to persuade them to do what they want (always before noun) He was a silver-tongued orator who convinced many people to support him.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Anastasio | | ah-nahs-TAH-zyo (Italian), ah-nahs-TAH-syo (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
Dervla | | - | Irish |
Joselyn | | JAHS-lin, JAHS-ə-lin | English (Modern) |
Elinor | | EL-ə-nawr | English |
AslØG | | - | Danish |
Layla | | LAY-lə (English) | Arabic, English |