1. fluent or persuasive speaking or writing:"a preacher of great power and eloquence"Similaroratoryrhetoricgrandiloquencemagniloquenceexpressivenessarticulacyarticulatenessfluencyfacilitypersuasivenessdictionenunciationlocutioncommand of languagepower of speechinformal:gift of the gabway with wordsblarneyOppositeinarticulacy
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin eloquentia, from eloqui ‘speak out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + loqui ‘speak’.