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Definitions for: Fluent [adj] expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
[adj] smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
[adj] easy and graceful in shape; "a yacht with long, fluent curves"
Webster (1913) Definition: Flu"ent, a. [L. fluens, -entis, p. pr. of fluere to
flow; cf. Gr. ? to boil over. Cf. 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. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered
as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern
calculus, the function or integral.
Synonyms: articulate, eloquent, facile, flowing, fluid, graceful, liquid, silver, silver-tongued, smooth, smooth-spoken
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