eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken
(adjective) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; “able to dazzle with his facile tongue”; “silver speech”
fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth
(adjective) smooth and unconstrained in movement; “a long, smooth stride”; “the fluid motion of a cat”; “the liquid grace of a ballerina”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fluent (comparative more fluent, superlative most fluent)
That flows; flowing, liquid.
(linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
In casual use, “fluency” refers to language proficiency broadly, while in narrow use it refers to using a language flowingly, rather than haltingly.
• (that flows): fluent; see also flowing or runny
fluent (plural fluents)
(mathematics, obsolete) A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.
• netful, unfelt
Source: Wiktionary
Flu"ent, a. Etym: [L. fluens, -entis, p.pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. Fluctuate, Flux.]
1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.
2. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech. With most fluent utterance. Denham. Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. De Quincey.
Flu"ent, n.
1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.]
2. Etym: [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.)
Definition: A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
