Eloquent
Contents
English
Adjective
Eloquent (comparative more Eloquent, superlative most Eloquent)
- fluently persuasive and articulate
- effective in expressing meaning by speech
Notes
Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or well-spoken.
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Derived terms
Related terms
- colloquial
- colloquium
- colloquy
- eloquent
- grandiloquent
- illocution
- interlocutor
- interlocution
- locution
- loquacious
- magniloquent
- perlocution
Adverbs for Eloquent
powerfully; marvelously; incisively; impressively; dramatically; vigorously; sensationally; brilliantly; pleadingly; pithily; loftily; sublimely; touchingly; vehemently; passionately; exceptionally; astonishingly; attractively; highly; uncommonly; simply; consummately; irresistibly; persuasively.
Thesaurus
Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Tullian, affecting, ardent, articulate, cogent, convincing, declamatory, effective, elocutionary, expressive, facile, facund, felicitous, fervent, fervid, fluent, forceful, forensic, free-speaking, free-spoken, glib, graphic, high, impassioned, impressive, incisive, indicative, lofty, loud-speaking, loud-spoken, meaningful, oratorical, outspoken, passionate, persuasive, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, poignant, potent, powerful, pregnant, revealing, rhetorical, rich, sententious, significant, silver, silver-tongued, slick, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soft-speaking, soft-spoken, speaking, spellbinding, striking, suggestive, talkative, talking, telling, touching, trenchant, true-speaking, vivid, vocal, voluble, well-spoken
Etymology
Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloqui (“to speak out”) < e (“out”) + loqui (“to speak”).
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External links
- Eloquent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Eloquent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
