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Definition of Eloquent
1. Adjective. Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively. "Silver speech"
Similar to: Articulate
Derivative terms: Elocute, Eloquence, Facility, Fluency, Fluency, Fluency
Definition of Eloquent
1. a. Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher.
Definition of Eloquent
1. Adjective. fluently persuasive and articulate ¹
2. Adjective. effective in expressing meaning by speech ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eloquent
1. fluent and convincing in speech [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eloquent
Literary usage of Eloquent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"Faustus was an eloquent disputant but ignorant of the Liberal Sciences. AND for
almost all those nine years, wherein with unsettled mind I had been a hearer ..."
2. A History of Our Own Times by Justin McCarthy (1886)
"Sir Alexander Cockburn. who attended the sittings of the court as the representative
of England, presented a long and eloquent protest against a great part ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"... and said them in a way that might justly have been described as eloquent.
She pointed out first of all that that word "American" was really superfluous, ..."
4. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"I have known Tom eloquent naif an hour together, and triumphing, as he thought,
in the superiority of his argument, when he has been nonplussed on a sudden ..."
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