eloquent
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ə 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.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin ēloquent- (stem of ēloquēns, present participle of ēloquī) speaking out, eloquent, equivalent to ē- e-1 + loqu- speak + -ent- -ent
1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin ēloquent- (stem of ēloquēns, present participle of ēloquī) speaking out, eloquent, equivalent to ē- e-1 + loqu- speak + -ent- -ent
Related forms
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
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. See also fluent.
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. See also fluent.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (of speech, writing, etc) characterized by fluency and persuasiveness |
| 2. | visibly or vividly expressive, as of an emotion: an eloquent yawn |
| [C14: from Latin ēloquēns, from ēloquī to speak out, from loquī to speak] | |
| 'eloquently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
eloquent
late 14c., from Fr. éloquent, from L. eloquentem, prp. of eloqui "to speak out" (see eloquence). Related: Eloquently.
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Example sentences
His words are equally lucid on the page and eloquent to the listener.
Even the most eloquent and insightful academic memoirs are, by nature, ungainly hybrids of the scholarly and the subjective.
Here is her essay, which is in eloquent praise of the merits of travelling slowly.
Virtue and pleasure are not, in fact, so nearly allied in this life as some eloquent writers have laboured to prove.
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