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eloquent

adj
/ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/UK

Etymology

From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloquor (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loquor (“to speak”).

  1. derived from eloquens
  2. derived from eloquent

Definitions

  1. Fluently persuasive and articulate.

    • an eloquent writer
    • He certainly waxed eloquent on his article.

  2. Effective in expressing meaning by speech.

    • an eloquent article

  3. Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which…

    Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.

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Derived

eloquate, eloquently, eloquentness, ineloquent, sialoquent, splendiloquent, supereloquent, uneloquent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at eloquent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at eloquent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at eloquent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA