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• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/

形容詞

eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)

1. Fluently persuasive and articulate.

   Synonyms: articulate, well-spoken

   an eloquent writer

   He certainly waxed eloquent on his article.

2. Effective in expressing meaning by speech.

   an eloquent article

3. (medicine) Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.
   • 2016 February 7, Caroline Davies, “Been anywhere nice this year? Brain surgery where patients are kept chatting”, in The Guardian‎:

     Lydiard was diagnosed shortly after new year following speech disturbance and subtle memory issues. He has a high-grade glioma, an aggressive malignant primary brain tumour in the left side. It is in the “eloquent brain”, very close to the part that controls speech, and would have been considered untreatable in the past.

使用する際の注意点

Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or well-spoken.

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Further reading

• “eloquent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “eloquent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.