loquentadj.
/ˈləʊkwənt/ rare.
That speaks.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > speaking
speakinga1325
discoursing1565
loquent1593
parling1594
uttering1818
verbal1822
1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 101 He would be loquent as Mithridates, that could speake 22 languages.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xii. §1. 332 Of things loquent, and silent; of things moueable, and vnmoueable.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 135 So rare is it for a man very eloquent, not to be over loquent.
1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. xi. 240 Redworth would have yielded her the loquent lead.
Derivatives
ˈloquently adv. in point of talking.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > [adverb] > as regards talking
loquently1891
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. xii. 222 The loquently weaker of the pair.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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