eloquent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/ (UK)
- (UK) audio
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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Fluently persuasive and articulate.
He certainly waxed eloquent on his article.
an eloquent writer
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Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
an eloquent article
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Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.
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.
2016 February 7, Caroline Davies, “Been anywhere nice this year? Brain surgery where patients are kept chatting”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more eloquent | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most eloquent | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ineloquent · uneloquent · eloquently · sialoquent · supereloquent · splendiloquent · eloquate · eloquentness
Relateds
elocution · magniloquent · eloquence · interlocutor · grandiloquent · colloquial · interlocution · perlocution · colloquium · illocution · loquacious · colloquy · locution
Synonyms
Translations (84)
hu ékesszóló (fluently persuasive and articulate) · is mæskur (fluently persuasive and articulate) · sv slående (effective in expressing meaning) · it articolato (effective in expressing meaning) · pt eloquente (effective in expressing meaning) · pl elokwentny (fluently persuasive and articulate) · da veltalende (fluently persuasive and articulate) · az bəlağətli (fluently persuasive and articulate) · cmn 能言善辯 /能言善辩 (fluently persuasive and articulate) · grc εὔγλωσσος (fluently persuasive and articulate) · hi सुवक्ता (effective in expressing meaning) · it pedissequo (effective in expressing meaning) · ar بَلِيغ (fluently persuasive and articulate) · it verboso (effective in expressing meaning) · ota فصیح (effective in expressing meaning) · cs přesvědčivý (effective in expressing meaning) · cmn 雄辯的 /雄辩的 (effective in expressing meaning) · fr éloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate) · el ευφραδής (fluently persuasive and articulate) · la fācundus (fluently persuasive and articulate) · cy huawdl (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ar فُصْحَى (effective in expressing meaning) · hu ékesszóló (effective in expressing meaning) · ro elocvent (effective in expressing meaning) · la ēloquens (fluently persuasive and articulate) · mk изразит (effective in expressing meaning) · he אִישׁ דְּבָרִים (effective in expressing meaning) · ar فُصْحَى (fluently persuasive and articulate) · io eloquenta (effective in expressing meaning) · ja 三寸な (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ar فَصِيح (fluently persuasive and articulate) · gl elocuente (fluently persuasive and articulate) · eo elokventa (fluently persuasive and articulate) · egy nfr-f:r-md-d-w-A2 (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ro elocvent (fluently persuasive and articulate) · it loquace (effective in expressing meaning) · sv talande (effective in expressing meaning) · mk речит (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ja 雄弁な (fluently persuasive and articulate) · nl welsprekend (fluently persuasive and articulate) · hy պերճախոս (fluently persuasive and articulate) · io eloquenta (fluently persuasive and articulate) · cmn 口若懸河 /口若悬河 (fluently persuasive and articulate) · gv jeih-ocklagh (effective in expressing meaning) · bg изразителен (effective in expressing meaning) · de eloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate) · cy huawdl (effective in expressing meaning) · ca eloqüent (fluently persuasive and articulate) · sk výrečný (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ar طَلِيق اللِّسَان (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ja 口八丁な (fluently persuasive and articulate) · cs výmluvný (fluently persuasive and articulate) · gv jeih-ocklagh (fluently persuasive and articulate) · nl welbespraakt (fluently persuasive and articulate) · grc ἐλλόγιμος (fluently persuasive and articulate) · sv vältalig (fluently persuasive and articulate) · es elocuente (fluently persuasive and articulate) · mk красно́речив (fluently persuasive and articulate) · fi kaunopuheinen (fluently persuasive and articulate) · fi vakuuttava (effective in expressing meaning) · ru красноречи́вый (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ar فَصِيح (effective in expressing meaning) · gd deas-bhriathrach (effective in expressing meaning) · sv elokvent (fluently persuasive and articulate) · az fəsahətli (fluently persuasive and articulate) · cmn 有口才 (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ota فصیح (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ca eloqüent (effective in expressing meaning) · ru вырази́тельный (effective in expressing meaning) · de redegewandt (fluently persuasive and articulate) · it eloquente (fluently persuasive and articulate) · pt eloquente (fluently persuasive and articulate) · bg красноречив (fluently persuasive and articulate) · nl eloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate) · fr éloquent (effective in expressing meaning) · eu berritsu (fluently persuasive and articulate) · de wortgewandt (fluently persuasive and articulate) · el εύγλωττος (fluently persuasive and articulate) · sv träffande (effective in expressing meaning) · mi wahapū (fluently persuasive and articulate) · ja 爽やかな (fluently persuasive and articulate) · gd deas-bhriathrach (fluently persuasive and articulate) · cs výřečný (fluently persuasive and articulate) · la argūtus (fluently persuasive and articulate)