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eloquent Definition

elo·quent (elə kwənt)

adjective

  1. having, or characterized by, eloquence; fluent, forceful, and persuasive
  2. vividly expressive an eloquent sigh

Etymology: ME & OFr < L eloquens, prp. of eloqui, to speak out, utter < e-, out + loqui, to speak

eloquent Related Forms

elo·quently adverb

eloquent Synonyms

eloquent

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eloquent Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • subject: Dickson is eloquent on the subject of the penetrometer.
  • occasion: I would require to be very eloquent on the occasion in order to be successful.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: I try to avoid pens whenever I'm feeling it because pens try to make emotions eloquent, and they're not.

Modifies a noun

  • testimony: Not surprisingly, many of Donne's sermons bear eloquent testimony to the power of Christ's blood.
  • preacher: They knew the word of God, some of them were eloquent preachers, very intellectual.
  • cortex: The theory of preservation of vertical fibers allows the technique to be used in children where the seizure focus lies within functionally eloquent cortex.
  • plea: Released in the paranoid depths of the Cold War the short film was read as an eloquent plea for peace.
  • spokesman: Could modern humanism wish for a more eloquent spokesman?
  • prose: Dr. Kelley's straightforward yet eloquent prose, coupled with well-pitched humor, crosses the generation gap in a single fluent stride.

Modifying Another Word

  • extremely: KIM: Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for your extremely eloquent depiction of the global view.
  • highly: An extraordinary achievement documented in a highly eloquent way.
  • quite: The machine is quite eloquent, but I would be concerned by the needy and slightly neurotic tone.
  • very: Simon has given a very eloquent description of why people in business are against monetary union.
  • so: Yeshua, the king of kings, doesn't sound so eloquent, and seems to " debate " not as you might expect.
  • often: The lecture was delivered with great energy; but it was sober and argumentative, and often eloquent.

Used with adjective complement

  • wax: Beware of waxed strings made of candlewick - unless you like your director to wax eloquent while shedding little light.
  • become: I remember feeling a kind of calmness come over me as I primed the staff, and Jack's gaze became suddenly eloquent.

Preposition: of

speech: Choose from the troops as a messenger one who is eloquent of speech and endowed with endurance.

Preposition: than

word: I think that the silence of Mary is much more powerful and eloquent than any words or actions of hers would have been.

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