Of language, speech, etc.: polished, elegant; eloquent, well expressed. Cf. foul, adj. 16. archaic and rare after 18th cent.

Eloquent; also figurative, said of beauty, etc.

Relating to or arising from the art of rhetoric. Obsolete.

Of persons: Gifted with fluent speech; eloquent, glib. Of speech: Copious, fluent.

Eloquent; (of writing or speech) elegant. Obsolete.

Of language, literature, or literary style: characterized by harmonious simplicity in the choice and arrangement of words; free from awkwardness…

Rhetorical.

adj. Of language: Skilfully put together, appropriately arranged; of studied elegance or beauty.

Designating those texts or branches of study which concern humanity, or which (historically) have been regarded as exercising a civilizing influence…

Well fitted together, skilfully arranged; harmonious.

Having characteristics peculiarly Athenian; hence, of literary style, etc.: Marked by simple and refined elegance, pure, classical. Attic salt or Atti…

Of discourse or style: Elegant.

= concinnate, adj.

In occasional uses: having ‘style’ (in various senses: see style, n. 14 23).