English Explanatory Dictionary

eloquent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Fluently persuasive and articulate.
  2. Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
  3. Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-eloquent.wav

Word forms

eloquent more eloquent most eloquent

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”).

Synonyms

articulate well-spoken

Related words

colloquial colloquium colloquy elocution eloquence grandiloquent illocution interlocution interlocutor locution loquacious magniloquent perlocution

Derived words

eloquate eloquently eloquentness ineloquent sialoquent splendiloquent supereloquent uneloquent
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