eloquentialadj.
/ɛləˈkwɛnʃəl/ rare.
Pertaining to eloquence; rhetorical.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [adjective]
concionatory1634
concional1637
elocutive1661
concionary1681
eloquentiala1711
elocutory1817
orational1840
elocutionary1846
elocutional1933
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 351 Orators, who with Eloquential Might, Black'ned bright Day, to guild infernal Night.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 251 I Was waiting for an eloquential pause In this..odd story.
1867 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings II. 54 Eloquential gush.
1867 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings II. 308 In his eloquential aspect.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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