Eloquent

 WORD OF THE DAY

el·​o·​quent / adjective / ˈe-lə-kwənt

Definition
1: having or showing the ability to use language clearly and effectively
2: clearly showing feeling or meaning
3: marked by forceful and fluent expression
4: vividly or movingly expressive or revealing

Examples
He [H. L. Mencken] relished the vagaries of vernacular speech and paid eloquent homage to them in The
American Language.
— Jackson Lears, New Republic, 27 Jan. 2003

Samuel Johnson is palmed off in classrooms as a harmless drudge of a lexicographer, yet open the Dictionary anywhere and find precision and eloquent plainness.
— Guy Davenport, The Geography of the Imagination, (1954) 1981

Did you know?
Since "eloquent" can have to do with speaking, it makes sense that it comes from the Latin verb loqui, which means "to speak."
Loqui is the parent of many "talkative" offspring in English.
"Loquacious," which means "given to fluent or excessive talk," also arose from loqui.
Another loqui relative is "circumlocution," a word that means someone is talking around a subject to avoid making a direct statement (circum- means "around").
And a ventriloquist is someone who makes his or her voice sound like it’s coming from another source.