English look quaintly pleasing, speak effectively (7)

I believe the answer is:

elocute

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'speak effectively' is the definition.
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'english look quaintly pleasing' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'look' becomes 'lo' (archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'quaintly pleasing' becomes 'cute' (I've seen this before).
'e'+'lo'+'cute'='ELOCUTE'

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