dulciloquence

English

Noun

dulciloquence (uncountable)

1. (rare) The quality of being dulciloquent.
   • 1825 February 12, [Catherine Elizabeth Oxberry, editor], “Memoir of John Philip Kemble”, in Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography, and Histrionic Anecdotes, volume I, London: George Virtue, […], page 109:

     Be that as it may, certain it is, that Kemble performed both at Leicester and Gloucester, and from thence proceeded to Cheltenham, where, in conjunction with a Mr. Carlton, he produced a nouvelle entertainment; i. e. a lecture upon eloquence, by himself, and sleight of hand tricks by his coadjutor. This is perhaps the only instance on record where dulciloquence and legerdemain went hand in hand.

   • 2016, Richard Dietrich Maddox, Remembering Eternity, volume 1 (The Sun Inside), book 1 (The Game Begins), →ISBN, page 181:

     I dutifully trailed along behind Andre for a few days before being trusted to take the lead role on some sales calls. Lacking his francophone dulciloquence, however, and having a hitch in my style born of ethical hesitations, I failed to sell a single calculator.

   • 2022, Pierre Legrand, “Raising My Game – To Fail Better”, in Negative Comparative Law: A Strong Programme for Weak Thought (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 42–43:

     I cannot fairly pretend such assessments to be devoid of any merit whatsoever, and I confess that I have not sought to propitiate anyone by way of my dulciloquence, since I very much regard any standard of agreeability as intrinsically dangerous to the amelioration of the ideas that must matter within the field of comparative law.