éloquent

Meaning

  1. eloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate)
  2. eloquent; descriptive

Frequency

28k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.lɔ.kɑ̃/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French eloquent, from Old French eloquent, borrowed from Latin ēloquentem (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of ēloquī (“to speak out”), from ē- (“out”) + loquī (“to speak”).

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