Definitions for eloquent

eloquent el·o·quent

Spelling: [el-uh-kwuh nt]
IPA: /ˈɛl ə kwənt/

Eloquent is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in eloquent (eelnoqtu).

Definitions for eloquent

adjective

  1. having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech:
  2. characterized by forceful and appropriate expression:
  3. movingly expressive:

Origin of eloquent

1350-1400; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin ēloquent- (stem of ēloquēns, present participle of ēloquī) speaking out, eloquent, equivalent to ē- e-1 + loqu-

Examples for eloquent

In the eloquent words of colonial preacher John Winthrop, “When a man is to wade through deep water, there is required tallness.”

For her part, Michele, in interviews, is eloquent, to the point, and assured.

His speech was not eloquent, nor did it flatter the Leopard Woman, but it was to the point.

He should also be remembered for being an early and eloquent foe of Nazism.

It hushed the eloquent, struck down the powerful, abolished the beautiful and good.

But what about the eloquent, book smart, interesting, quirky, inquisitive black woman, you ask?

His most eloquent teaching was his ministration to the wants and the sufferings of the wretched.

When all was "right," how eloquent the lip-music of coachee!

"I've an aversion to your eloquent old heathen," she pleaded.

What happened to that hopeful, eloquent man we elected in 2008?

Word Value for eloquent
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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