What does dulciloquy mean?
Dulciloquy means A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech..
Hushed into sweet tranquillity / By that divine dulciloquy.
Winslow started on his dulciloquy. With an autocratic, barely perceptible sweep of the hand, the general cut him short.
If Harrison's poetry depicts machine-gun tongues of fire as leading to nothing but apocalypse, a fruitless Pentecost, it does not commend the tongues of fire of dulciloquy and poetic eloquence as capable of bringing redemption.
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Dulciloquy means A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech..
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Hushed into sweet tranquillity / By that divine dulciloquy.
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