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Eloquent definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EL'OQUENT, a. Having the power of oratory; speaking with fluency, propriety, elegance and animation; as an eloquent orator; an eloquent preacher.
1. Composed with elegance and spirit; elegant and animated; adapted to please, affect and persuade; as an eloquent address; an eloquent petition or remonstrance; an eloquent history.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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1: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver- tongued, smooth-spoken]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin eloquent-, eloquens, from present participle of eloqui to speak out, from e- + loqui to speak Date: 14th century 1. marked by forceful and fluent expression <an eloquent preacher> 2. vividly or movingly expressive or revealing <an eloquent monument> • eloquently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 possessing or showing eloquence. 2 (often foll. by of) clearly expressive or indicative. Derivatives: eloquently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L eloqui (as ELOQUENCE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eloquent 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Speech or writing that is eloquent is well expressed and effective in persuading people. I heard him make a very eloquent speech at that dinner. ADJ • eloquence ...the eloquence of his prose. • eloquently Jan speaks eloquently about her art. ADV 2. A person who is eloquent is good at speaking and able to persuade people. He was eloquent about his love of books. ...one particularly eloquent German critic. ADJ [approval] • eloquence I wish I'd had the eloquence of Helmut Schmidt.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

el'-o-kwent:

"Moses said .... I am not eloquent" ('ish debharim, "a man of words" (Ex 4:10)); but Aaron could "speak well." In Isa 3:3 the Revised Version (British and American) bin, "intelligent," is rendered "skilful (enchanter)," the King James Version "eloquent (orator)." Apollos was "an eloquent man" (logios, "full of words" (Ac 18:24, the King James Version margin, "a learned man")).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Persuasive, impressive. 2. Graceful and vigorous. 3. Impassioned, flowing and full of feeling, fluent and powerful.

Moby Thesaurus

Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Tullian, affecting, ardent, articulate, cogent, convincing, declamatory, 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, vivid, vocal, voluble, well-spoken