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eloquent adjective [ ˈɛləkwənt ]

• fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
• "an eloquent speech"
Similar: persuasive, expressive, articulate, fluent, strong, forceful, powerful, potent, well spoken, silver-tongued, smooth-tongued, well expressed, graceful, lucid, vivid, effective, graphic, glib,
Opposite: inarticulate,
Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from Latin eloquent- ‘speaking out’, from the verb eloqui (see eloquence).


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