eloquent
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]eloquent (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
[edit]Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or well-spoken.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]fluently persuasive and articulate
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effective in expressing meaning
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French éloquent, from Latin ēloquēns.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]eloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative eloquentst)
- eloquent
- Synonyms: welbespraakt, welsprekend, (uncommon) bespraakt
Declension
[edit]| Declension 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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[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]eloquent (strong nominative masculine singular eloquenter, comparative eloquenter, superlative am eloquentesten)
- eloquent
- Synonym: redegewandt
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of eloquent
Comparative forms of eloquent
Superlative forms of eloquent
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Adjective
[edit]eloquent m (feminine singular eloquente, masculine plural eloquents, feminine plural eloquentes)
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