eloquent
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See also éloquent
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloqui (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loqui (“to speak”).
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[edit] Adjective
eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)
- fluently persuasive and articulate
- effective in expressing meaning by speech
[edit] Usage notes
Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or well-spoken.
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- colloquial
- colloquium
- colloquy
- eloquent
- grandiloquent
- illocution
- interlocutor
- interlocution
- locution
- loquacious
- magniloquent
- perlocution
[edit] Translations
fluently persuasive and articulate
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effective in expressing meaning
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[edit] External links
- eloquent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- eloquent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] German
[edit] Adjective
eloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative am eloquentesten)
