fluent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite smooth and unconstrained in movement
    smooth; fluid; liquid.
    • a long, smooth stride
    • the fluid motion of a cat
    • the liquid grace of a ballerina
  2. adjective satellite expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
    silver-tongued; facile; eloquent; smooth-spoken; silver.
    • able to dazzle with his facile tongue
    • silver speech

WordNet

Flu"ent adjective
Etymology
L. fluens, -entis, p.pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. to boil over. Cf. Fluctuate, Flux.
Definitions
  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 noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913