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eloquent

[ el-uh-kwuhnt ]

adjective

  1. having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech:

    an eloquent orator.

  2. characterized by forceful and appropriate expression:

    an eloquent speech.

  3. movingly expressive:

    looks eloquent of disgust.



eloquent

/ ˈɛləkwənt /

adjective

  1. (of speech, writing, etc) characterized by fluency and persuasiveness
  2. visibly or vividly expressive, as of an emotion

    an eloquent yawn



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Derived Forms

  • ˈeloquently, adverb

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Other Words From

  • elo·quent·ly adverb
  • elo·quent·ness noun
  • non·elo·quent adjective
  • non·elo·quent·ly adverb
  • quasi-elo·quent adjective
  • quasi-elo·quent·ly adverb
  • super·elo·quent adjective
  • super·elo·quent·ly adverb
  • un·elo·quent adjective
  • un·elo·quent·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eloquent1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ēloquent-, stem of ēloquēns “speaking out,” present participle of ēloquī “to speak out,” from ē- e- 1 + loquī “to speak”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eloquent1

C14: from Latin ēloquēns, from ēloquī to speak out, from loquī to speak

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Synonym Study

Eloquent, fluent, articulate, expressive are adjectives that characterize speech or speakers notable for their effectiveness. Eloquent suggests clarity and power: an eloquent plea for disarmament. Fluent, with a root sense of flowing, refers to easy, smooth, facile speech: fluent in three languages. Articulate characterizes a clear and effective speaker or speech: an articulate spokesman for tax reform. Expressive focuses on rendering intelligible or meaningful the ideas or feelings of a speaker or writer and implies an especially effective, vivid use of language: a deeply moving, powerfully expressive evocation of a city childhood. fluent.

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Example Sentences

As if to drive home the distinction, he left the lofty language to the event’s youngest speaker, Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet from Los Angeles whose spoken-word poem, “The Hill We Climb,” was the ceremony’s eloquent capstone.

An eloquent exception is a painting by Sina Ata, an American-born Iraqi who lives in Jordan.

I do not believe it is a matter of opinion that Assemblywoman Shirley Weber is the most eloquent and moving speaker among California politicians.

The book is dotted with tight, eloquent passages that unite these concerns.

Less explicit yet more eloquent are such wordless pictures as “Bloodletting,” in which torrents of pigment nearly submerge the stars and stripes.

He should also be remembered for being an early and eloquent foe of Nazism.

For her part, Michele, in interviews, is eloquent, to the point, and assured.

But what about the eloquent, book smart, interesting, quirky, inquisitive black woman, you ask?

In the eloquent words of colonial preacher John Winthrop, “When a man is to wade through deep water, there is required tallness.”

What happened to that hopeful, eloquent man we elected in 2008?

He was a patriot of the noblest and most extensive views, and justly celebrated as a man of learning, eloquent and refined.

She looked up at him with sad and eloquent eyes, which softened his heart in spite of himself.

Tories will wax eloquent on "the pink miasma of revolutionary Radicalism."

Hugh said nothing, but his silence was eloquent to Evelyn, who knew now the whole story of the girl with the soft eyes.

Never had the black population of the city listened to or witnessed a more eloquent appeal.

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