Meaning of ELOQUENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'elukwunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" |
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| | Synonyms: | | articulate, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \El"o*quent\, a. [F. ['e]loquent, L. eloquens, -entis,
p. pr. of eloqui to speak out, declaim; e + loqui to speak.
See {Loquacious}.]
1. Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible
arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective
manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher.
O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove What dust we
dote on when 't is man we love. --Pope.
2. Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts
arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address
or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury.
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are giving an eloquent speech means pleasant news. |
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| | Related Terms: | | affecting, ardent, articulate, Ciceronian, cogent, convincing, declamatory, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, effective, elocutionary, expressive, facile, facund, felicitous, fervent, fervid, fluent, forceful, forensic, free-speaking, free-spoken, glib, graphic, high, impassioned, impressive, incisive, indicative, lofty, loud-speaking, loud-spoken, meaningful, oratorical, outspoken, passionate, persuasive, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, poignant, potent, powerful, pregnant, revealing, rhetorical, rich, sententious, significant, silver, silver-tongued, slick, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soft-speaking, soft-spoken, speaking, spellbinding, striking, suggestive, talkative, talking, telling, touching, trenchant, true-speaking, Tullian, vivid, vocal, voluble, well-spoken |
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