eloquent

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/

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eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)

1. Fluently persuasive and articulate.

   an eloquent writer

2. Effective in expressing meaning by speech.

   an eloquent article

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

• articulate
• well-spoken

• eloquate
• eloquently

• eloquent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “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

• bespraakt (uncommon)
• welbespraakt
• welsprekend

• elocutie
• eloquentie

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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