eloquent

From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloquor (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loquor (“to speak”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/

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eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)

1. Fluently persuasive and articulate.

   Synonyms: articulate, well-spoken

   an eloquent writer

2. Effective in expressing meaning by speech.

   an eloquent article

3. (medicine) Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.
   • 2016 February 7, Caroline Davies, “Been anywhere nice this year? Brain surgery where patients are kept chatting”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Lydiard was diagnosed shortly after new year following speech disturbance and subtle memory issues. He has a high-grade glioma, an aggressive malignant primary brain tumour in the left side. It is in the “eloquent brain”, very close to the part that controls speech, and would have been considered untreatable in the past.

Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or well-spoken.

• eloquate
• eloquently

• “eloquent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “eloquent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Middle French éloquent, from Latin ēloquēns.

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.loːˈkʋɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: e‧lo‧quent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

eloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative eloquentst)

1. eloquent

   Synonyms: welbespraakt, welsprekend, (uncommon) bespraakt

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eloquent (strong nominative masculine singular eloquenter, comparative eloquenter, superlative am eloquentesten)

1. eloquent

   Synonym: redegewandt

• Eloquenz

• “eloquent” in Duden online
• “eloquent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloqui (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loqui (“to speak”).

eloquent m (feminine singular eloquente, masculine plural eloquents, feminine plural eloquentes)

1. eloquent

• eloquence