Obs. Forms: 4–5 facound(e, facund(e, 5 faciund, faconde. [ad. F. faconde, semi-popular ad. L. fācundia, f. fācundus (see next).] Eloquence.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, xi. 4. Þaire facunde & þaire skilles ere of þaim self.
1393. Gower, Conf., III. 85.
| In rhetorique, whose facounde | |
| Above all other is eloquent. |
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 3748.
| He was witty þer with, & wogh hardy, | |
| And of faciund full faire, fre of his speche. |
c. 1440. Secrees (E.E.T.S.), 127. Þe chastite of daniel, þe ffaconde of ysae.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 346/4. The clerest wyttes and connynge, And moste plentynous wysedome of facunde and spekyng of Auctours & doctours.
