Definition for FLU'ENT

FLU'ENT, a. [See Fluency.]

  1. Liquid; flowing. Bacon.
  2. Flowing; passing. Motion being a fluent thing. Ray.
  3. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker.
  4. Flowing; voluble; smooth; as, fluent speech.

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