inéloquent

inéloquent
inéloquent, ente
(i-né-lo-kan, kan-t') adj.
Sans éloquence.
   XVIe s.
   S'ils ont prins en haine un advocat, l'endemain il leur devient ineloquent, MONT. IV, 160.
   Lat. ineloquentem, de in.... 1, et eloquens, éloquent.

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