eloquent
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editeloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)
- Fluently persuasive and articulate.
- Synonyms: articulate, well-spoken
- an eloquent writer
- Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
- an eloquent article
- (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.
Usage notes
editEloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or well-spoken.
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Further reading
edit- “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.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French éloquent, from Latin ēloquēns.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editeloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative eloquentst)
- eloquent
- Synonyms: welbespraakt, welsprekend, (uncommon) bespraakt
Declension
editDeclension of eloquent | ||||
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uninflected | eloquent | |||
inflected | eloquente | |||
comparative | eloquenter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | eloquent | eloquenter | het eloquentst het eloquentste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | eloquente | eloquentere | eloquentste |
n. sing. | eloquent | eloquenter | eloquentste | |
plural | eloquente | eloquentere | eloquentste | |
definite | eloquente | eloquentere | eloquentste | |
partitive | eloquents | eloquenters | — |
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editGerman
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editeloquent (strong nominative masculine singular eloquenter, comparative eloquenter, superlative am eloquentesten)
- eloquent
- Synonym: redegewandt
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editMiddle French
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Adjective
editeloquent m (feminine singular eloquente, masculine plural eloquents, feminine plural eloquentes)
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- en:Medicine
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- en:Talking
- en:Personality
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt
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- de:Talking
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