plyall
Power User
Haha - define articulate? Why it means more defined! Perhaps more detail perceived.
(perhaps I should learn French)...
From my Mac's dictionary:
articulateadjective |ärˈtikyəlit|1 (of a person or a person's words) having or showing theability to speak fluently and coherently: an articulate account of their experiences.2 having joints or jointed segments.• Zoology denoting a brachiopod that has projections and sockets that form a hinge joining the two halves of the shell.verb |-ˌlāt|1 [ with obj. ] express (an idea or feeling [ed: or sound] fluently and coherently: they were unable to articulate their emotions.• pronounce (something) clearly and distinctly: he articulated each word with precision | [ no obj. ] : people who do not articulate well are more difficult to lip-read.2 [ no obj. ] form a joint: the mandible is a solid piecearticulating withthe head.• (be articulated) be connected by joints: the wing is articulated to the thorax.DERIVATIVESarticulable adjective.articulacy |-ləsē| noun.articulately adverb.articulateness noun.articulator |-ˌlātər| nounORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin articulatus, past participle of articulare ‘divide into joints, utter distinctly,’ from articulus ‘small connecting part’ (seearticle) .
(perhaps I should learn French)...
From my Mac's dictionary:
articulateadjective |ärˈtikyəlit|1 (of a person or a person's words) having or showing theability to speak fluently and coherently: an articulate account of their experiences.2 having joints or jointed segments.• Zoology denoting a brachiopod that has projections and sockets that form a hinge joining the two halves of the shell.verb |-ˌlāt|1 [ with obj. ] express (an idea or feeling [ed: or sound] fluently and coherently: they were unable to articulate their emotions.• pronounce (something) clearly and distinctly: he articulated each word with precision | [ no obj. ] : people who do not articulate well are more difficult to lip-read.2 [ no obj. ] form a joint: the mandible is a solid piecearticulating withthe head.• (be articulated) be connected by joints: the wing is articulated to the thorax.DERIVATIVESarticulable adjective.articulacy |-ləsē| noun.articulately adverb.articulateness noun.articulator |-ˌlātər| nounORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin articulatus, past participle of articulare ‘divide into joints, utter distinctly,’ from articulus ‘small connecting part’ (seearticle) .